Topic: news China English Teaching Horror Stories

This reads like a case of someone not qualified to teach, and writing a lot without saying anything.

I worked in China for 8 years and faced the frustrations of a country that has no essential contract laws and much corruption, which often is excused by quanxi; however if one takes proper care and research these things don't need to happen. I had so many responses to my resume, I asked many questions, and narrowed the field down to those that actually answered the questions, and choose the one that answered them most direct. Once there I encountered the frustration of cultural shock and the lack of compliance by the administration. One fact is that the school really does not employ you per se, you are there under the National auspices and have some protection and recourse. There too you deal with corruption but as they don't want attention to their graft, they will usually comply. Chinese culture does not take confrontation well and they will tell you whatever you want to hear regardless to stop it, or they put up their stone wall, but diplomacy and negotiations are not impossible. Just be careful and if there is one visible red flag, do not accept a position with promises alone. Remember their contract laws do not protect you, only the Foreign Expert card received from the government.