Hello Dragonized
You bring up a good point about expats finding themselves in a lonely place and needing company. I think that that truth brings us back to the argument about the importance of learning to communicate in Mandarin. This need to communicate, find somebody to talk to, I'm sure leads to relationships between teacher and students, students who can speak some English, and are eager to learn more, even if it means removing their pants as part of the bargain. As soon as a foreign teacher arrives in China he/she should busy himself with learning Mandarin. My God, think of the advantages; for example, there's no need to copulate with your students to avoid loneliness, you can take yourself off to the supermarket and chat up one of the shop assistants, In fact, if you have a one year contract, a big sexual appetite, and a smattering of Mandarin, one could work oneself through a whole Tesco store load of Chinese shop assistants, thus keeping your grubby hands off of your students. And you may be able to get staff discount on butter cheese and eggs.