China’s Slow Economy Forces College Grads to Live in ‘Ant Colonies’
August 6th, 2013Via: CBS:
Despite having a college degree, wages are low for job seekers. At a recent Beijing job fair, graduates know the odds: only 35 percent have found work.
More than a million recent graduates have ended up crammed into cheap subdivided apartments. They’re packed in so tight, they’re nicknamed “ants.”
These apartments — “ant colonies” — are illegal. CBS NEws took a hidden camera to see one with 20 beds and one bathroom. Another unit we saw slept 30.
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