{"id":57057,"date":"2023-07-29T13:00:28","date_gmt":"2023-07-29T04:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2023\/jul\/29\/chinas-graduates-unconvinced-by-calls-to-toil-in-countryside"},"modified":"2023-07-29T13:00:28","modified_gmt":"2023-07-29T04:00:28","slug":"chinas-graduates-unconvinced-by-calls-to-toil-in-countryside","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/?p=57057","title":{"rendered":"China\u2019s graduates unconvinced by calls to toil in countryside"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Amid record youth unemployment, the government wants young people to \u2018go to the farmland\u2019 \u2013 but the prospect is unappealing for many<\/p>\n<p>Wanted: recent graduates keen to gain experience in a teaching environment and an adventure far from home. Perks of the role include hands-on experience, CV fodder and, most importantly, job security. Cons include long hours, low pay, limited social life and poor infrastructure in remote locations (running water not guaranteed).<\/p>\n<p>This is the offer facing China\u2019s graduating class of 2023: decamping to work in impoverished rural areas. But many young people are not convinced.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2023\/jul\/29\/chinas-graduates-unconvinced-by-calls-to-toil-in-countryside\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amid record youth unemployment, the government wants young people to \u2018go to the farmland\u2019 \u2013 but the prospect is unappealing for manyWanted: recent graduates keen to gain experience in a teaching environment and an adventure far from home. Perks of the &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3580,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sns_share_botton_hide":"","vkExUnit_sns_title":"","_vk_print_noindex":"","sitemap_hide":"","_veu_custom_css":"","veu_display_promotion_alert":"","vkexunit_cta_each_option":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[41,50,42],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-57057","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-asia-pacific","category-china","category-world-news"],"veu_head_title_object":{"title":"","add_site_title":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57057","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3580"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=57057"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57057\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57058,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57057\/revisions\/57058"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=57057"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=57057"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=57057"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}