{"id":73813,"date":"2025-05-04T12:16:10","date_gmt":"2025-05-04T12:16:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/73813\/"},"modified":"2025-05-04T12:16:10","modified_gmt":"2025-05-04T12:16:10","slug":"chinese-graduates-in-uk-face-bleak-prospects-amid-job-crunch-its-devastating","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/73813\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinese graduates in UK face bleak prospects amid job crunch: \u2018it\u2019s devastating\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">After fleeing China\u2019s cutthroat graduate job market, Luo Ying hoped pursuing a master\u2019s degree at a university in Cardiff would help her secure a brighter future.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">But months after finishing her history course, she is finding that starting a career in the United Kingdom can be equally gruelling.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">\u201cI started applying for jobs right after graduation and have sent out over 600 applications \u2013 Chinese teacher, receptionist, or even waitressing. I haven\u2019t heard back from anyone,\u201d said Luo, who is now considering temporary work just to make ends meet.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The pressure has been so overwhelming that Luo has seriously considered returning home for good. But she knows that the competition in China remains relentless \u2013 and she is reluctant to admit her time in the UK has been a failure.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">\u201cI\u2019ve spent over 500,000 yuan (US$69,000) studying here,\u201d she said. \u201cLeaving with nothing would be devastating.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Many Chinese graduates in the UK are facing the same dilemma. Studying at British universities has become a popular choice among young people trying to escape China\u2019s <a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/economy\/economic-indicators\/article\/3291510\/chinas-youth-unemployment-pressure-eases-index-falls-third-straight-month?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"noopener\">youth unemployment crisis<\/a> over the past few years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After fleeing China\u2019s cutthroat graduate job market, Luo Ying hoped pursuing a master\u2019s degree at a university in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":73814,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5018,3,4],"tags":[748,3070,12502,36593,36592,36588,393,4884,257,36589,10435,1144,36590,712,104,16,15,49,1764,36591],"class_list":{"0":"post-73813","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-britain","8":"category-uk","9":"category-united-kingdom","10":"tag-britain","11":"tag-british-economy","12":"tag-cardiff","13":"tag-chinese-graduates","14":"tag-chinese-teacher","15":"tag-elen-li","16":"tag-england","17":"tag-great-britain","18":"tag-london","19":"tag-luo-ying","20":"tag-march","21":"tag-northern-ireland","22":"tag-psw-visa","23":"tag-scotland","24":"tag-spain","25":"tag-uk","26":"tag-united-kingdom","27":"tag-united-states","28":"tag-wales","29":"tag-youth-unemployment-crisis"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114449519978947884","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73813","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73813"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73813\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/73814"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73813"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73813"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73813"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}