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Practicing Frugality 　　According to a recent survey conducted by The Beijing News among 100 government officials across China， 92 percent said that their non-salary income had declined in 2013 and more than 80 percent of them reported a drop in attendance at dinners covered by public funds. 　　While many job hunters in the country consider civil service a “golden rice bowl，” 93 percent of the respondents said that “benefits from such a job may no longer be what many people have expected.” 　　This gap between perception and reality largely results from the ongoing anti-extravagance campaign tha