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by Tichy 6171 days ago
People kill themselves in "the West" over losing jobs or pressure at school, too. I've heard that students in Cambridge have a high suicide rate, for example.

Also the question is would the people be better off without the jobs from foreign companies? Surely they put up with pressure at their jobs because they don't have a better alternative?

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The pressure people are under to work in the West is generally smaller than the pressure to work in second world countries including China.

And the Cambridge students chose to be under that pressure.

Or were pressured to be under that pressure - we're talking about seventeen-year-old kids here. But, still, it's nothing like this – and, flawed thought it is, there is support for students.
Not saying that I'd rather live in China, just thought that particular example was a bit off.