Worker ants labor to become queens

A new term was coined last year to describe the lives of a new generation of college graduates who have journeyed to Beijing in search of opportunities.

"Ant Tribe", or yi zu, refers to this group and their difficult lives, facing unstable or low-paying employment.

I wanted to learn more about what motivates them, so for the latest episode of my program, Her Village, we looked at the lives of four recent graduates from Lanzhou University. They came to the capital from as far away as Hainan in search of a career and a better life. They share a 10-sq-m apartment in Tang Jialing, a settlement of low-rent villages outside the North Fifth Ring Road.