What do Chinese college graduates have in common with ants? The recent 16 Ant Tribes about the life of some young people 17 flock (群集) to Beijing after 18 university,describes the graduates,like ants,as smart but 19 as individuals,drawing strength from living together in communities.
The book,which is based 20 two years of interviews with about 600 low-income college graduates in Beijing, 21 in mid-September,about a month ahead of an announcement by the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security that 74% of the 6.11 million new graduates from universities and colleges had been 22 by Sept.1.
The book’s chief editor,Lian Sir,tells that piece of statistic says23 about the real situation for many of these graduates.“I am always 24 how many of these employed college graduates are leading a happy life,” Lian said.“I hope this book could offer a window on these graduates,whose stories are __25 known.”
The setting of the book is several so-called “settlement villages for college students” in the outskirts (市郊) of Beijing,where a large 26 of college graduates 27 .Most of these graduates work for 28 or medium-sized businesses, 29 less than 2,000 Yuan a month.They live together because it’s 30: The rent in these communities is only around 350 Yuan a month.Many of them travel several hours a day for short-term jobs or job interviews.
Tangjialing,a small 31 20 kilometers from Tian’anmen Square,has around 3,000 32 villagers,but has become a 33 for more than 50,000 migrants (移民),most of whom 34 from universities or colleges all over the country.Lian describes the students’ 35 as five or six-storey buildings built by local farmers with 12 rooms on each floor and two or three people crammed (挤) together in each room of about 10 square meters.Up to 70 or 80 people share the same toilet and kitchen.
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