I love you, o Arrogant One, and you're usually 100% on target. But I'm afraid that you're a bit off-target in your inference (if I read this correctly) that age is respected in China.

I'm afraid that this Confucian ideal actually went out the window when China de facto rejected communism and embraced dog-eat-dog capitalism. Even in universities, but particularly in private schools, young faces sell. (Young Caucasian faces, that is.) Forget about experience, forget about ability--image is all important. Even many universities are specifying in their ads that candidates must not be older than 50.

It all sucks mightily. Perhaps the schools will see the error of their ways, but I doubt it.