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Most members of the ant tribe also belong to the ben ben zu, the rush-rush tribe, to which, in fact, most urban Chinese belong.
A recent book coined the term "ant tribe" to describe the many struggling recent graduates, particularly of second- and third-tier colleges.
Thousands of air-raid basements have been turned into dosshouses for migrant workers and the so-called "ant tribe" of unemployed graduates.
Many of Xu's neighbours are members of China's "ant tribe", who benefited from an explosion in higher education only to end up unemployed or in poorly paid work.
Leafcutter ant (tribe Attini), any of 39 ant species abundant in the American tropics, easily recognized by their foraging columns composed of hundreds or thousands of ants carrying small pieces of leaves.
Hence the army of young would-be professionals, China's ant tribe, who eke out livings on the fringes of cities like Beijing, trying to get a foot on the job ladder.
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