CHINA-MASSIVE GOVERNMENT RECRUITMENT DRIVE IN XINJIANG

Radio Free Asia reported on August 18, 2017, that Chinese authorities in the Xinjiang-Uyghur Autonomous Region have launched a nationwide drive to recruit more than 12,000 staff out of the 30,000 or more jobs now on offer and including new police officers, civil servants, teachers, academics, and airline staff. They are being offered free housing, household registration documents and bonuses as incentives. Most of the jobs listed by the search engine Sohu require applicants to pass a "political test," while the scope of the advertising and benefits appears geared to majority Han Chinese from elsewhere in the country. China Southern Airlines has begun a mass recruitment drive for staff, including security personnel, with "relaxed conditions" and unlimited numbers of air crew/security officers wanted. Almost 1,500 secondary school teachers are being recruited in Xinjiang's Karakash county on three-year contracts, while Guma county promises that candidates will be exempt from any written examination, and that their relocation expenses will be paid. Police in Toksun and Aktu counties are expanding a recruitment drive begun in the region earlier this year.The Hotan county Education Bureau has confirmed a recruitment drive in its area. An official said "We are looking for people from elsewhere in China, and we pay 5,865 yuan/month for a graduate, and we also supply free housing."







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