Forgot to say that you should negotiate an 11 or a 12-month contract, even though you may not be paid salary after your teaching is over at the end of the 2017 summer term. And it is probably advisable that you accept a position that pays you flight allowance rather than flight reimbursement. Then you can occupy your free accommodation until you move on, were you thinking to do so. Much easier to transfer your RP to a new employer while in China than from Blighty.

You might be able to negotiate a full salary for the whole calendar year in the event of your employer asking you to stay on and you agreeing to do so. Remember you'll still have your flight allowance to spend in addition to the summer vacation salary payments if you choose to extend your contract.

Finally, there's a problem accessing gmail in parts of China due to the google search engine being blocked. I advise you to change your e-mail address to Yahoo. com, for example, to avoid that problem ! Where I am located, google won't work!