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Education key to Shanghai life
(China Daily)
Updated: 2007-01-16 08:42
SHANGHAI: Most immigrants who have a high level of education feel at home
in Shanghai, a recent survey shows.
A government survey, covering 800 immigrants, found that most of those
with a high level of education and a stable job were leading a happy life
in the city, and that the hostility between local residents and
immigrants was subsiding.
That means not many Shanghai residents today refer to immigrants as
country potatoes. And 80 percent of the immigrants consider themselves
part Shanghainese.
The immigrants from other provinces work for 20 companies, schools,
academic institutions or government departments, and most of them have
university degrees.
Lu Jie, a 29-year-old clerk, feels more at home in Shanghai than in her
home-town in Jiangsu Province. "I attended university here and my life is
all here," she said. Lu speaks the Shanghai dialect, though with a bit of
an accent.
"Shanghai is getting more open and friendly and is full of opportunities
I love living here."
Most of those polled share Lu's views, saying the degree of happiness
grows with the level of education.
The survey, however, showed the level of comfort varies proportionately
with the level of education which decides the nature and quality of job
one gets. More than 70 percent with a high school or lower education feel
discriminated against in the city.
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