{"id":270073,"date":"2010-02-03T07:47:00","date_gmt":"2010-02-03T12:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/the-miserable-cramped-slums-of-beijing-college-graduates-2010-2"},"modified":"2010-02-03T07:47:00","modified_gmt":"2010-02-03T12:47:00","slug":"beijings-heartbreaking-slums-are-filled-with-young-college-graduates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/270073","title":{"rendered":"Beijing&#8217;s Heartbreaking Slums Are Filled With Young College Graduates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/the-miserable-cramped-slums-of-beijing-college-graduates-2010-2\/beijing-dreams-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"float_right\" src=\"http:\/\/static.businessinsider.com\/image\/4b6827500000000000cac87a-400-300\/china-graduates.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"china graduates\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>China&#8217;s booming economy can&#8217;t keep up with its demographic crisis, as millions of new college graduates are unable to find good jobs.<\/p>\n<p>Graduates live by the thousands in &#8220;intellectual slums&#8221; on the outskirts of Beijing, according to <a href=\"http:\/\/observers.france24.com\/en\/content\/20091218-beijing-graduates-packed-intellectuals-slums-ants\">France 24<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Many residents are stuck in the slums, burdened with heavy student loans and a saturated job market.<\/p>\n<p>A series of photos posted on a Chinese message board chronicle the life of young graduates in the Tangjialing slum. The post, <a href=\"http:\/\/dzh.mop.com\/mainFrame.jsp?url=http:\/\/dzh.mop.com\/topic\/readSub_10542707_0_0.html\">La solitude do DanDan<\/a>, includes a depressing narrative by the author.<\/p>\n<p>In the long run, a more educated population will do wonders for the Chinese economy. But in the meantime, this should serve as a strong reminder of how much wealthier our society remains (for now).<\/p>\n<h2><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/the-miserable-cramped-slums-of-beijing-college-graduates-2010-2\/beijing-dreams-1\">See The Miserable Cramped Slums Of Beijing Graduates &gt;<\/a><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/the-miserable-cramped-slums-of-beijing-college-graduates-2010-2#comments\">Join the conversation about this story &#187;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>See Also:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/why-do-asian-american-students-try-to-become-more-educated-than-the-rest-2010-1\">It&#8217;s Official, Asian-American Students Work Way Harder To Become More Educated Than Everyone Else<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/college-is-probably-just-a-huge-waste-of-money-right-now-2009-11\">College Is Probably Just A Huge Waste Of Money Right Now<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/TheMoneyGame\/~4\/4xfRirAV_Io\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>China&#8217;s booming economy can&#8217;t keep up with its demographic crisis, as millions of new college graduates are unable to find good jobs. Graduates live by the thousands in &#8220;intellectual slums&#8221; on the outskirts of Beijing, according to France 24. Many residents are stuck in the slums, burdened with heavy student loans and a saturated job [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-270073","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/270073","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=270073"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/270073\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=270073"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=270073"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=270073"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}