Now I am noticing, schools are insisting you be paid monthly for PT work, and if

you won't accept this, they won't get back to you or hire you, not matter how desperate they are. Can anyone explain this to me?

Too many gw louwai in certain parts of China They give the rest of us with balls a weak bargaining position. Avoid cities popular with louwai jobseekers, many of them scruffy backpackers or partygoer types. You'll have more clout in less fashionable cities. When I worked partime,I insisted on cash upfront on a daily basis, and I got it! but I was in a backwater.