Contracts and local assistance do not nearly cover the conditions FTs have to cope with in China. The fake roles that FTs have to fill in, the poor local management practices that they have to deal with daily or the local expectations of the education are as important as the A, B and C mentioned. The compromising positions FTs are often put into in this country ought to be looked at more completely than it has on this forum. FTs, who are right for positions on mainland China, are mostly the ones that get married or find opportunities to do some sort of business in the country; or, the ones that have a really thick skin rather than the ones who are mostly interested in the education. Singling out one foreign nation's citizens is as arogant as said and perhaps as discriminatory however, since, I suppose, we all come from civilized nations.