The economic crisis has dashed the hopes of six million Chinese students who left university this year, many of whom are struggling to find work. The Guardian's China correspondent Tania Branigan reports.

Time lapse sequences shot on a Nikon D700 by Guardian staff photographer Dan Chung and video on a Canon HV20 by Chenshi.

Edited in Final Cut Pro. It was exported as a QT at 720p.

See guardian.co.uk/profile/danchung for more of Dan Chung's work.

See the accompanying story here guardian.co.uk/world/2008/dec/04/china-higher-education-graduate-jobs

And see guardian.co.uk/world/china for more coverage of China from the Guardian.