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Two-Thirds of Recent Chinese College Grads Already Employed

Despite the global economic downturn, a reported 68% of China’s more than six million newly minted college grads have already managed to find employment, according to an announcement by China’s Ministry of Education on Wednesday ...full story at China Journal

from China Journal on Thu, Jul 09 2009

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