China's youngers' confusion:"Escaping from Beishangguang" and "escaping back to Beishangguang"
In 2011, a book called "Escaping from Beishangguang" was published, and the theme of the book
stirred up controversy among media(/drew media attention). "Beishangguang" is a short form of "Beijing、Shanghai、Guangzhou(now, Shenzhen has also been included)", the biggest cities in China. Therfore, "Escaping from Beishangguang" means leaving the first-tier cities and working and living in the low-tier cities.
What are the reasons people escape from the big cities? Firstly, the living costs is too high. As the population of first-tier cities increases, the rent increases. In my case, I earn three thousand yuan per month, but I need to pay one third of my salary to rent a safe and clean room (in an apartment.) Secondly, there is pressure comes from the work. The working speed in a big city is very fast, which causes high pressure. Also, people are lack of rest time and private time for entertainment. Although they earn much money, the quality of life is not good. Thirdly, they are worrying about their families, especially aged parents in their home town.
However, the media also found a lot of people are "Escaping back to Beishangguang". A girl, had escaped from Beijing, and had been an officer in her hometown, returned back to Beijing again after one year later. She said, "in the small cities, one need to compete by using their father's power". It means you'd better have a strong family background to support your life. In the traditional Chinese society, social relationships, your parents' and your relatives' social networks, are important.
Whatever you want to do; finding a good job, starting a store, sending your chirldren to a good school, even seeing a renowned doctor, you need to use your familey's social relationships to make sure you win the competition with others. In the big cities, you will be treated fairly because most of things are executed based on the rules. For this kind of reason, many people come back to Beishangguang again.
Let's expect more good corrections by native speakers.


