Any updates to this? It is because the Chinese media is still telling the rest of the world that China is growing in prosperity and GDP. Yet they are building ghost cities.
@bomberfun1 Go live in India instead, enjoy all the religious freedom (i.e. freedom to kill off who u think as heretics) and liberty (freedom to drink from, piss and shit into the holy river). Get some spider man skills too, becos u need it to take those 'roof top seats', 'ceiling seats' when u board a train there.
@MrLilort I assume you are in a PhD program. The difference is that 800 yuan might be enough to survive in China, but 465$ will land you in a homeless environment in some part of the US.
..hmm i go to college, and where i live ,465 is nothing. even the money, I spend on food is alot more then 465 dollars, but hey its always good to have a bit in pocket.
The truth is some people no enough ability for find a good job, so got zero work experience and unstopping finding jobs. Stop too much complain ur life. This is same for every trackers
I graduated from the Sichuan University in 07, it's exciting to see my old campus and hometown in the documentary! Exactly like what's bee shown, graduates all have the last dinner at some Sichuan Hot Pot restaurant, having lots of beer and then cried on each other's shoulder. Living in China is difficult, considering that any non-labour related product ( e.g. retail consumer product) costs the same as in the States when the salary is like only 10%!
Its not just china but the whole world has the same issue in general. Simply today we produce more graduate than there his jobs.
So Supply exceed demand so employers can be picky on their candidates. They look for those who willing to work cheap, long hours, and have outstanding results.
Most graduate are in the whimps of their employer as they have little demanding power and if they disagree with their employer terms. They simply fire you and find a dozen of applicant to replace the person.
on 13:13, I find that Ms Li graduated on 2004, so this film should be shot on that time. 7 year have passed by, I hope Ms Li and Mr. Feng are enjoying a good life now.
OMG did you see the salary of the reporter? It is linked to her performance for that month. Americans who COMPLAIN about working conditions in USA should watch this and reflect on themselves.
When was this video made? you can't even hire a baby sitter now for 800 yuan. Base salary for anything starts @ 1500¥ at least, and you have provide room and board. (if you don't, as in baby sitter case. you have cover a part of rent and transport.) I know become my aunt just went though that, 1200¥ salary plus 500¥ rent+transport for the sitter. That's in a 3rd (4th?) tier city in one of the interior provinces.
the two main people in this story is working as a teacher and a newspaper editor, those are probably the shittiest jobs to get in America so why would it be easy in China
I'm not rich but I'm not being "burdened with the debt of a university education" here in America. Saying American life sucks is not going to make life in China any better, haha :) America is heaven compared what these people seem to be going through. Earning "800 Yuan" a day is about "120 USD", right? That's not a wealthy persons salary here in the US, not even a middle class salary, it's an average salary for any 16 year old kid working in a restaurant..
@SmokeyCough it's RMB 800 Yuan per month, please note that as the same time, a Louis Vuitton hand bag costs RMB10 000 in China or a cup of Häagen-Dazs ice-cream costs RMB 25 Yuan and a G-star shirt cost around RMB 800. Most young people are just frustrated. But to be honest, the average salary has double now since 04 when the doc was filmed but almost every kind of commercial goods cost same price in China than in the States due to the heavy tax from Chinese government.
China change day by day. 15 years ,10 years,5 years ago make big different. this video may be 5 years old.now you have to pay 3,000 yuen to hire a house keeper in the big city.
I am a Chinese student pursuing my master degree in the US now. Before I came to the US, I worked in a state-owned company and earn a limited salary. This documentary is old and the salary in it is out of date, but it does make sense to some degree. Job markets across the world is shit now. Best blessing to all graduates in China and America.
Thousands of miles away people are experiencing the same problems!
A degree is meaningless unless it helps you find a way to be productive in the economy. You could give everyone in the world a medical degree but if we don't need any more doctors then they would be unemployed.
It was a sad documentary, I know that people here in America and all over the world can really relate to these students who question the value of their degree and the debt it's burdened them with. How sad.
These are two true but common stories in China nowadays. There are too many graduates every year, but the job market is so severe that many of them need to suffer a lot in the beginning. I wish they could have a better life and I believe they will.
There are true but common stories in China nowadays. There are too many graduates every year, but the job market is so severe that many of them need to suffer a lot in the beginning. I wish they could have a better life and I believe they will.
il y a trop de personne en chine. deconstuie le frais de taux de escale, et reteindrions les fortunes du votre ciel, et vous enverrions c'est quoi la mode du monde.
I just graduated in California with a Mathematics degree and I can't find a teaching job because they cut education funding to increase the longevity of our war in Afghanistan, I share solidarity with those Chinese.
@zasabiibasaz If you have a mathematics degree, there are other positions you can try besides teaching (unless that's what you really want). A math degree is not that common.
No it’s not god, just industrialist urge for their children to become successful, don't attribute people virtues to a magical all knowing daddy in the sky. See here religion plays no part in society and no shekels or burden would hamper people’s studies...thus becoming more successful that those religious countries Unlike Islam and Christianity.
Thank you so much for uploading this precious clip. It allows us to know two graduated persons who devotes to their works. Hope they both are success in their destinies.
The blessing they have is not being burdened with the debt of a university education like students in America and the free room and board during university is a great thing. I hope the job market improves globally.
@Birchbark5 That's not at all a blessing... Their college education is crap compared to the college education you can have in America. I visited top universities in China and they cant compare to to even mediocre colleges here. No amount of "blessing" can overcome their lack of opportunity for a good education
why isn't the student teacher speaking proper mandarin when taking to the students?
FinanicalWarrior 18 hours ago
465 yuan / month? That's approximate $74/month.
Topazman12 4 days ago
Any updates to this? It is because the Chinese media is still telling the rest of the world that China is growing in prosperity and GDP. Yet they are building ghost cities.
Topazman12 4 days ago
iam sorry to say but they are graduate student but even they are not speking english
india2910 2 weeks ago
who cares ,chinese people work for shit
popshvt 2 weeks ago
Americans have one rule, Their Rule.
Look at China today and look at USA
You Decide ..haha
abhibatra2009 1 month ago
that is the true story.
coyochung 1 month ago
我不敢相信这是川大的毕业生？1000多一个月？怎么可能？
coyochung 1 month ago
@coyochung 是啊 我也觉得，不至于这么少吧，但从人们的打扮判断这个纪录片拍的时候是比较早了，可能21世纪初，那个时候确实就这个工资吧。
yamahaU3 1 month ago
@bomberfun1 Go live in India instead, enjoy all the religious freedom (i.e. freedom to kill off who u think as heretics) and liberty (freedom to drink from, piss and shit into the holy river). Get some spider man skills too, becos u need it to take those 'roof top seats', 'ceiling seats' when u board a train there.
birminmin 1 month ago
my good 800 yuan!!:O and i get 465dollar ever month for going to school its 2936 yuan:O
MrLilort 1 month ago
@MrLilort I assume you are in a PhD program. The difference is that 800 yuan might be enough to survive in China, but 465$ will land you in a homeless environment in some part of the US.
hunterbender 1 month ago
@hunterbender
..hmm i go to college, and where i live ,465 is nothing. even the money, I spend on food is alot more then 465 dollars, but hey its always good to have a bit in pocket.
MrLilort 1 month ago
500 yuan... That's like 78 american dollars a month :\ I make that much in less than an hour. Not good, not good at all.
MrQuijadaj 3 months ago
@bomberfun1
Fuk You Racist Dick. Who the fuk want to live your heavy debt jobless western country. Shouldn't you be protesting your Wallstreet.
leeo268 4 months ago
For graduates
cassssspar 4 months ago
The truth is some people no enough ability for find a good job, so got zero work experience and unstopping finding jobs. Stop too much complain ur life. This is same for every trackers
cassssspar 4 months ago
I graduated from the Sichuan University in 07, it's exciting to see my old campus and hometown in the documentary! Exactly like what's bee shown, graduates all have the last dinner at some Sichuan Hot Pot restaurant, having lots of beer and then cried on each other's shoulder. Living in China is difficult, considering that any non-labour related product ( e.g. retail consumer product) costs the same as in the States when the salary is like only 10%!
coreychengdu 5 months ago 3
Its not just china but the whole world has the same issue in general. Simply today we produce more graduate than there his jobs.
So Supply exceed demand so employers can be picky on their candidates. They look for those who willing to work cheap, long hours, and have outstanding results.
Most graduate are in the whimps of their employer as they have little demanding power and if they disagree with their employer terms. They simply fire you and find a dozen of applicant to replace the person.
redeye117 6 months ago
I feel sorry for Mr. Feng, whose students made so many troubles for him.
Ulyssislidi 6 months ago
on 13:13, I find that Ms Li graduated on 2004, so this film should be shot on that time. 7 year have passed by, I hope Ms Li and Mr. Feng are enjoying a good life now.
Ulyssislidi 6 months ago 4
@bomberfun1 shame on you with such hate speech....wonder what kind of environment you live in...
Osher79 7 months ago
All political talk aside, aren't Chinese women adorable?
poopdroop69 7 months ago
OMG did you see the salary of the reporter? It is linked to her performance for that month. Americans who COMPLAIN about working conditions in USA should watch this and reflect on themselves.
Konig1985 7 months ago
The girl ain't pretty but very attractive to me .
Superanthony2006 7 months ago
@bomberfun1 Don't worry I don't think anyone in China want to move to Bulgaria, you dumb fuck!!
xrey2000 7 months ago
if you like this video, you should read this NYtimes article: China’s Army of Graduates Struggles for Jobs
kentpaul65102 8 months ago
It's 800 yuan a month. Salary is usually paid out monthly in China.
wshuhan 8 months ago
When was this video made? you can't even hire a baby sitter now for 800 yuan. Base salary for anything starts @ 1500¥ at least, and you have provide room and board. (if you don't, as in baby sitter case. you have cover a part of rent and transport.) I know become my aunt just went though that, 1200¥ salary plus 500¥ rent+transport for the sitter. That's in a 3rd (4th?) tier city in one of the interior provinces.
xingfenzhen 9 months ago
the two main people in this story is working as a teacher and a newspaper editor, those are probably the shittiest jobs to get in America so why would it be easy in China
Prestonboy13 11 months ago
LIVES ARE VERY STRESSFUL IN CHINA MAYBE THAT IS WHY I HAVE SEEN MANY PEOPLE SMOKE.
DQFXPRESS 11 months ago
@DQFXPRESS Lives or Life?
Superanthony2006 7 months ago
@Superanthony2006 LIVES
DQFXPRESS 7 months ago
so many ppl
redCode526 11 months ago
Kind of similar situation in India as well .
kapilrakh 1 year ago
I'm not rich but I'm not being "burdened with the debt of a university education" here in America. Saying American life sucks is not going to make life in China any better, haha :) America is heaven compared what these people seem to be going through. Earning "800 Yuan" a day is about "120 USD", right? That's not a wealthy persons salary here in the US, not even a middle class salary, it's an average salary for any 16 year old kid working in a restaurant..
SmokeyCough 1 year ago
@SmokeyCough it's RMB 800 Yuan per month, please note that as the same time, a Louis Vuitton hand bag costs RMB10 000 in China or a cup of Häagen-Dazs ice-cream costs RMB 25 Yuan and a G-star shirt cost around RMB 800. Most young people are just frustrated. But to be honest, the average salary has double now since 04 when the doc was filmed but almost every kind of commercial goods cost same price in China than in the States due to the heavy tax from Chinese government.
coreychengdu 5 months ago
This series really should have been called "Everything Sucks in China". It's super depressing.
BibFortuna 1 year ago
China change day by day. 15 years ,10 years,5 years ago make big different. this video may be 5 years old.now you have to pay 3,000 yuen to hire a house keeper in the big city.
Barrackobama1000 1 year ago
your headmaster mispronounced my last name LOL cocky
WavesOfTrolls 1 year ago
I am a Chinese student pursuing my master degree in the US now. Before I came to the US, I worked in a state-owned company and earn a limited salary. This documentary is old and the salary in it is out of date, but it does make sense to some degree. Job markets across the world is shit now. Best blessing to all graduates in China and America.
zk211538 1 year ago
Thousands of miles away people are experiencing the same problems!
A degree is meaningless unless it helps you find a way to be productive in the economy. You could give everyone in the world a medical degree but if we don't need any more doctors then they would be unemployed.
It was a sad documentary, I know that people here in America and all over the world can really relate to these students who question the value of their degree and the debt it's burdened them with. How sad.
john5246 1 year ago
oh, this video is filmed in 2004, no wonder the salary is so low. I'm just curious why AljazeeraEnglish play such an old documentary...
nangergong 1 year ago
Modern slavery is voluntary.
meltingEyeballs 1 year ago
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These are two true but common stories in China nowadays. There are too many graduates every year, but the job market is so severe that many of them need to suffer a lot in the beginning. I wish they could have a better life and I believe they will.
yolandatiger 1 year ago
There are true but common stories in China nowadays. There are too many graduates every year, but the job market is so severe that many of them need to suffer a lot in the beginning. I wish they could have a better life and I believe they will.
yolandatiger 1 year ago
il y a trop de personne en chine. deconstuie le frais de taux de escale, et reteindrions les fortunes du votre ciel, et vous enverrions c'est quoi la mode du monde.
NORTHERNKONFLIKT 1 year ago
I'm a soon-to-be-graduating senior in America. Same shit here. >_<
VictimOfBoredom 1 year ago
I just graduated in California with a Mathematics degree and I can't find a teaching job because they cut education funding to increase the longevity of our war in Afghanistan, I share solidarity with those Chinese.
zasabiibasaz 1 year ago
@zasabiibasaz If you have a mathematics degree, there are other positions you can try besides teaching (unless that's what you really want). A math degree is not that common.
tung2sai 1 year ago
@zasabiibasaz I am a math undergrad. I hope you know that you can't get shit with a Math BS. You need at least a masters, preferably a PhD.
aznlalaland 1 year ago
this is some fuked up shit
mrzack888 1 year ago
Good documentary, best subscribe with AlJazeera :)
sangief17 1 year ago
@sangief17
No it’s not god, just industrialist urge for their children to become successful, don't attribute people virtues to a magical all knowing daddy in the sky. See here religion plays no part in society and no shekels or burden would hamper people’s studies...thus becoming more successful that those religious countries Unlike Islam and Christianity.
reprimand33 1 year ago
God must bless that Dad of his. My Dad is yelling me to find a job. But I need to study... He doesn't understand what education means...
SiliconIsuru 1 year ago
Same in Sri Lanka(South Asian Country). Too Sad!
SiliconIsuru 1 year ago
no other news channel makes documentary and news coverage as flawless as al jazeera. thankx alot for uploading this video.
RedSeaCoral 1 year ago 20
@RedSeaCoral
23:04 That guy likes that girl... It's so obvious. I thought the video was going to end with them going on a date.
gundamWWW 1 year ago
@gundamWWW LOL true say, she's quite pretty and i tfelt so sorry for her and friend, man its hard in china.
RedSeaCoral 11 months ago
I understand how they feel, as it is really difficult for a graduate even in the UK. although if one works hard they will reap the rewards.
mmodell88 1 year ago 2
This is great journal keep up this great series!!
videouzleg 1 year ago
Thank you so much for uploading this precious clip. It allows us to know two graduated persons who devotes to their works. Hope they both are success in their destinies.
laomaunkaew9 1 year ago
They should nominate this series for best documentary
MixMeAdrink 1 year ago
Thanks for uploading this!!
Al Jazeera is the best!
john5246 1 year ago
The blessing they have is not being burdened with the debt of a university education like students in America and the free room and board during university is a great thing. I hope the job market improves globally.
Birchbark5 1 year ago 16
@Birchbark5 i like ur comment.
mrzack888 1 year ago
@mrzack888
Thanks, I really enjoyed this video, I didn't realize the job market for graduates was so tough in China now, so I had to comment.
Birchbark5 1 year ago
@Birchbark5 That's not at all a blessing... Their college education is crap compared to the college education you can have in America. I visited top universities in China and they cant compare to to even mediocre colleges here. No amount of "blessing" can overcome their lack of opportunity for a good education
osmark0 3 months ago 2
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zekki77 1 year ago
Not easy being chineese either..
streeser1 1 year ago