Should You Teach English in China?

should do it in Vietnam :)

I discovered that my so-called International School was basically a Private School with the word International in its name and hadn't obtained its International School licence and needed to be established for more than 7 years in order to obtain it's International status. The School was newly constructed, yet was falling apart with it's substandard workmanship and cheap materials. After my first Health and Safety inspection, I came across almost 2000 Health and Safety violations involving Fire Safety, Food Safety, Electrical and Gas Safety, HVAC and HEPA Safety, COSHH...sorry the list goes on and on. I discovered less than 15% of the Chinese & Foreign teachers were qualified, the rest were either illegal or glorified Ayi's, the curriculum had been changed twice prior to my arrival and the PTA was acting like the board of governors hiring and firing my colleagues at will. In truth, I discovered that the School was a front to launder money and part of an elaborate complicated tax evasion system whereby so-called teachers were consultants invoicing the School for huge amounts of money for services rendered, there was several non-related businesses operating within the School and many of the Students simply didn't physically exist but on paper they did...oh and lastly the School was issued a little A5 size green book which contained 22 pages of the governments guidelines on School Education, the rest was open to blind interpretation...need I say more. The usual MO of schools hiring illegal foreigners to teach English in their Schools is hire them on 12 month contracts, pay them regularly for the first 2-3 months and then delay/deduct or not pay their salaries thereafter for as long as possible, then evict them or get the Chinese teachers to call the authorities and claim the bounty/reward for each illegal foreigner caught. Just remember, the truth is rarely pure and never simple in China... Need I say more..

When walking into the tiger's lair, one should expect a few scratches or even the occasional bite.

My girlfriend's father insisted his daughter marry his boss' son so I had over 10 police offers come "check my safety" and follow me to school every morning. It turned out he was second-in-command for the police. Three months later they were married.

I'm curious what the percent of respondants were who had criticisms to those who were positive.

Have they stopped their belt and road initiative since the trade war began, as they have been losing so much money?

I just don't understand why people still think China is a reliable trade partner. It's obvious they are THE enemy of the USA and many other countries.