Beijing goes a long way since the Mao time of the blue Mao’s outfit. The greatest changes are in the last 5 to 10 years. No matter in the air quality, housing, mass transit, people’s behavior or cleaner toilets has been improved a great amount. However, as a world class city there are still works to be done. Cost of living is relatively low in Beijing, but if you work here and try to live a comfortably life is not that easy. According to a local newspaper the recent college graduate monthly salary is in the highest of 7,817 rmb to the lowest of 1,101 rmb, with the media of 2,407rmb ( less than US$ 400 ). As you can see the majority is in the lower end. The normal work week is 40 hours and
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