Careers on butcher's chopping block

When college graduates go for the 'road less taken', it could be the entrepreneurial spirit or an involuntary choice.

About a dozen years ago, Lu Buxuan shocked the nation when it was discovered he was a graduate of Peking University. He was a butcher. "How can someone with such an enviable education end up in such an unenviable position?" people asked.

Lu considers himself a failure. "I have dragged down the image of my alma mater," he laments. "I'm the prime example of what my alums should not be."