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China Jobs Slump Makes Graduates Swap Dreams for Civil Service

From Bloomberg: Sun Yizhen considered her university degree in international trade the ticket to a prestigious career with a state-owned enterprise like Bank of China Ltd. in Beijing. Instead, she found herself huddled against a freezing wind in a middle school parking lot in Huai’an, waiting to interview for a job with the local tax collector. “I never thought I’d go for civil-servant jobs,” said