Long hours, tight quarters for members of 'ant tribe'
(NEWSER) - The number of Chinese college graduates has soared in the past decade—but there aren’t enough white-collar jobs to sustain the highly-educated young population, reports the New York Times . Traveling en masse to big cities, working six-day weeks, and living packed into cramped quarters, young graduates have earned themselves the nickname “the ant tribe.” Once thought to be a guaranteed ticket to a better life, “college essentially provided them with nothing,” says a political scientist. More»