College Graduates Hard to Find Jobs in China

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四千人争一个职位，中国大学生就业之路越走越难. VOA Chinese, Oct. 27, 2009
http://www1.voanews.com/chinese/news/china/HK-graduates-jobs-20091027-66397827.html
("亚洲时报的报道说，中国南方的农民工现在每月的工资大约是1500元人民币，而中国北方，比如北京这类生活费用很高的地方，一个大学生的工资也只有1400元。至于郑利所提到的河南，一个大学生能拿到1200元的工资就已经很不错了。")


My comment:
(a) The quotation comes from

Antoaneta Bezlova, China's graduate glut grows. Asia Times (Atimes.com), Oct. 22, 2009
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China_Business/KJ22Cb03.html
("Beijing, where Feng [Danya, a college graduate] gets her monthly income of 1,400 yuan, is one of the costliest cities in China. But the report found that migrant laborers in southern China's manufacturing belt could earn up to 1,500 yuan per month.")

Asia Times has a Chinese version whose website, called 亚洲时报, has URL: www.atChinese.com. However, this one does not have Chinese or English version of the story.

(b) I am not jeering at Chinese. The starting salaries for a college graduate in Taiwan, under Pres. Chen Shui-bian, was about $9,000 a year, before tax. Not much compared with Americans'.


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龙敏飞, 中国人谈中国：官场博士泛滥. BBC Chinese, Oct. 27, 2009
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/indepth/2009/10/091027_coc_government_phd_by_longminfei.shtml
("就在去年，我国在建立博士点26年之后成功超越“英美”，一举成为世界第一'博士大国'")

My comment; This I did not know. It is true, though. See

韩妹, 25年来中国博士数量年增23％ 博士质量成新问题. 中国青年报, Mar. 12, 2009.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/school/2009-03/12/content_10995698.htm

My comment: In this case, it goes without saying that even PhD is not valuable, according to basic economic rule of demand and supply.

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choi

本文通过一路BBS站telnet客户端发布

四千人争一个职位，中国大学生就业之路越走越难. VOA Chinese, Oct. 27, 2009
http://www1.voanews.com/chinese/news/china/HK-graduates-jobs-20091027-66397827.html
("亚洲时报的报道说，中国南方的农民工现在每月的工资大约是1500元人民币，而中国北方，比如北京这类生活费用很高的地方，一个大学生的工资也只有1400元。至于郑利所提到的河南，一个大学生能拿到1200元的工资就已经很不错了。")


My comment:
(a) The quotation comes from

Antoaneta Bezlova, China's graduate glut grows. Asia Times (Atimes.com), Oct. 22, 2009
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China_Business/KJ22Cb03.html
("Beijing, where Feng [Danya, a college graduate] gets her monthly income of 1,400 yuan, is one of the costliest cities in China. But the report found that migrant laborers in southern China's manufacturing belt could earn up to 1,500 yuan per month.")

Asia Times has a Chinese version whose website, called 亚洲时报, has URL: www.atChinese.com. However, this one does not have Chinese or English version of the story.

(b) I am not jeering at Chinese. The starting salaries for a college graduate in Taiwan, under Pres. Chen Shui-bian, was about $9,000 a year, before tax. Not much compared with Americans'.


-----------------Separately
龙敏飞, 中国人谈中国：官场博士泛滥. BBC Chinese, Oct. 27, 2009
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/indepth/2009/10/091027_coc_government_phd_by_longminfei.shtml
("就在去年，我国在建立博士点26年之后成功超越“英美”，一举成为世界第一'博士大国'")

My comment; This I did not know. It is true, though. See

韩妹, 25年来中国博士数量年增23％ 博士质量成新问题. 中国青年报, Mar. 12, 2009.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/school/2009-03/12/content_10995698.htm

My comment: In this case, it goes without saying that even PhD is not valuable, according to basic economic rule of demand and supply.

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