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Young Chinese take part in postgraduate entrance exam
(CFP/Xinhua)
Updated: 2009-01-10 20:41


Applicants take part in the entrance exam for postgraduate studies at a university in Heifei, east China's Anhui Province, January10, 2009. Nearly 1.25 million Chinese applicants have signed up for the two-day entrance exam this weekend. [Xinhua] 

 

Postgraduates are also having problems finding jobs.

"This year is not good. At this time in previous years, half of the students would get offers but now many are still waiting," said Wang Hongjun, a postgraduate student who majored in political economics at  Beijing-based Renmin University.

Students who majored in economics, finance and commerce were the most affected, he said. "We used to be the most popular."

In a survey covering about 1,300 expectant graduates in 20 universities in Shanghai, conducted by the local education authority, about 60 percent said they will be flexible about salary. Another 20 percent said they had already lowered their expectations about pay.