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January 25, 2013

Chinese Graduates Shun Factory Jobs

Keith Bradsher, New York Times

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A national survey of urban residents, released this winter by a Chinese university, showed that among people in their early 20s, those with a college degree were four times as likely to be unemployed as those with only an elementary school education. It is a problem that Chinese officials are acutely aware of.

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