You say: Then again, I have come across ads that advertised jobs explicitly for FILIPPINOS; my suspicion is they hire FIlippinos in order to undercut the high costs of employing Westerners. You have a point, but why should they target Filipinos? Many of them are highly educated working not only in China, but also in other countries. Their country is suffering from a great brain drain, and patriotic Filipinos (like pinayinchina) should be encouraged to return and help their country.