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Graduate domestic workers - the Youth Journal smells a ratPosted by Banyue, January 7, 2008 5:00 PM
 Beijing Youth Daily January 7, 2008 The headline of today's Beijing Youth Daily announces a regulation intended to crack down on illegal securities brokerages promulgated by the Supreme People's Court, the Supreme People's Procuratorate, the Ministry of Public Security and the China Securities Regulatory Commission. The front page picture shows a Beijing company that offers customers baby sitters and housekeepers who are university graduates and even post graduates for hire as housekeepers and babysitters. After an investigation, the Youth Daily reporter found that most of the university-educated employees said they had joined the company to get part time teaching jobs and did not know that they were being used to generate interest in the company's housekeeping services. Other headlines include: |
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That "China's rise: A critical Chinese view" link about an SMH article in your From the Web section seems to link back to the Danwei homepage for some reason.
Thanks Chris, fixed.
i heared that in one city of southern part of china, some postgraduates sent their application forms to some big flat owners to ask whether they need some high educated house keepers or not.