Topic: news The Great Laowai Exodus: Why Foreigners Are Leaving China

The rules will easily be bypassed by employers using their guanxi to hire whoever they want, this is China after all. Also there is a good reason why certified teachers avoid China and rather go to Japan, Korea or Vietnam, Chinese employers are infamous for treating foreign teachers like disposable commodities, while in fact we all know the truth is that the demand for foreign teachers in China far outweigh the supply. If China wishes to attract certified and experienced English teachers, it needs to enforce rules, starting with the contracts under which those teachers come to work here. Finally the pay rate in China is ridiculous, I see offers starting at 4000 per month these days, no serious teacher will work for that money, when the base salary in neighboring countries is equivalent to 20kRMB per month, you get what you pay for. All that will happen if China enforces one side of the rules is 90% of the domestic ESL industry collapsing after schools and centers whose business revolves around foreign faces can't find any foreign teacher, this will also put many local Chinese unemployed, not good for harmony.