…in China. Highly educated, young and without a job:
Nearly 11.6 million students are set to graduate in June, facing a labour market that looks increasingly hostile.
The problem of overeducated unemployed youths has become so acute that people have started comparing themselves to Kong Yiji, a fictional character from a story by Lu Xun, one of the greats of Chinese literature. Kong is a scholar turned beggar who is mocked by the locals at a tavern he drinks at for his pretentious airs.