Beijing, a tough call for many job seekers
Share - WeChat

![]() |
Shangguan Xuming, 54, at his rental room in Beijing. The photo was taken on April 2, 2 017. [Photo/VCG] |
Shangguan has been selling fruits on a road-side tricycle since moving to Beijing in 1991. He earns 6,000 yuan per month and spends 2,000 yuan of his earnings on rent to live in a suite in the south part of Beijing. Shangguan said he planned to open a fruit shop in his hometown at Henan province within the next few years. "The prices of water and electricity is especially expensive at the rental room, as we have to pay 1.5 yuan for each kilowatt hour of power,"he said.
Related Stories
- Mainland scholar discloses fallacies in Lai's separatist narrative on 'unity'
- University's expulsion of female student ignites online debate
- 4,000 hiking enthusiasts hit rugged trails in Chongqing
- Creative fireworks show held in China's 'fireworks capital'
- Chinese scientists achieve net-negative greenhouse gas emissions via electrified catalysis
- At the gateway to China's resistance, memories of war echo 88 years on