Westward bound

The struggle for jobs that graduates are facing has Liu Yening, a third-year student at the Beijing University of Science and Technology, really worried about her future.

"Can you believe that of the more than 70 students who will graduate in July from our department, no one has a job offer yet," says the student of international trade. The academic year in Chinese universities runs from September to July.

Liu has been trying to find a part-time job to gain some work experience before graduating next year but all her efforts have been futile.