Although I have forever hated FTs that treat their work like a holiday, your comments just reek of Wumao bullshit.

Either that or you are one of those newbie foreigners with the tourist attitude and an unhealthy sado-masochistic interest in poverty. Somebody that craves the 'real China' and refuses to accept that all those Audis and BMWs are real.

Not to mention the conditions that you described... 99% of people in Chinese second and third tier cities would describe them as awful, bar maybe the lack of English speakers or McDonald's.

It seems that the wumao brigade and people of power in public unis are on this crazy mission to pressure FTs into accepting lower standards on the virtue that China is becoming a stronger country that needs not bow down to every second foreigner. Maybe so, but there are so many other countries that will give visas to decent qualified teachers!