From Shanghaiist Blog:
Just recently, we came across a report from December 2006 about the lives of seven individuals, each making 1,000 yuan (US$128) per month, living in seven different Chinese cities. The cities included Beijing, Shenzhen, Xi’an, Changchun, etc., as well as our own city of Shanghai. The following is our translation of the interview with Xiao Nao, who lives in Shanghai. Although it was published in December, some of the references (like taxi fares) lets you know the interview took place some time before that:
Xiao Nao, female, university graduate, single, advertising company copywriter, work experience about one year.
Like many university graduates and young people that wanted to stay in Shanghai, I gave up a chance to go back home, where I could have worked at the local TV station, and decided to stay in Shanghai as a copywriter at a small advertising company. The salary isn’t much, just enough to live”or rather, survive on.[Full Text]
