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Liu Ming has an MBA in finance and securities from the Shanghai University of Finance and Economics. But he now wonders why he bothered to fork out 88,000 yuan ($13,836) for his master's degree.

Even though his salary has increased by 30 percent, the 31-year-old is still working as a human resources manager for a securities brokerage in Wuxi, Jiangsu province. He has been doing the same job for the past five years.