Very nice ideas, but in reality our little ESL thing that we sometimes do; isn't really of that much importance... Other businesses will start failing before ESL businesses do. The services that we offer are often just non-essential expenditure, even at public universities; the government will most likely invest in areas that really can stimulate economic growth, language schools have always been relatively underfunded.

China's got far bigger things to worry about such as the inefficient old SOE dinosaurs that will have to face the chop sooner or later. That will put many of the already most economically disadvantaged people in society out of work; it will also upset some powerful people within the party too that will resist change, because if Xi Jinping can actually clean things up, many of those powerful, rich people will also lose out, or even lose their lives.

China has a lot to gain if it gets the transition process right. A leaner, meaner China will emerge. However, I wouldn't suggest that the China fanboy club get too excited yet; there's one hell of a lot of pain to go through, regardless of the final outcome.

Well yes there is plenty wrong with doing ecstacy with your friends. It fucks up your brain and body. Friends don't help each other do chemicals like that. It leads to death, mental problems, social shaming etc.

Depends on how you do it, and how you use it, surely?

In more enlightened countries (not China!!) they have drug testing and counselling and education. Much like there is no sex education in China, that causes problems. I heard one chinese guy tell me that he doesn't worry about having sex, as healthy people don't need to worry about getting sexual diseases. I asked him how do you know if someone is healthy just by looking at them? Total failings of the education system, a ticking timebomb awaits them......

Education is the key to moderation and prevention imho, not burying your head in the sand and hoping a problem goes away and refusing to discuss it. Like portugal for example.

China will suffer more than we will, without us most training centers in this country will soon see the failure of their business model centered around the presence of White faces and put many Chinese staff in a difficult unemployed situation.

As for us, we will simply relocate to more foreigner friendly, higher paying destinations thanks to our Western passports

Well yes there is plenty wrong with doing ecstacy with your friends. It fucks up your brain and body. Friends don't help each other do chemicals like that. It leads to death, mental problems, social shaming etc.

The days of turning a blind eye to foreigners antics have already come to an end,

I think that was still going on a little around 2010 in some places but you are right that seems to have mostly disappeared over the last 5 years - at least that I'm aware of. I suppose it might be going on in secret or behind closed doors somewhere. But the local laowai bar bustling nightly with the party kings out hooting and having 'stare-downs' with locals and boasting about how easily they can get weed... well that does seem to have disappeared.

btw - Im not a downer, I'm for a fun good time, I get why people need to 'blow off steam' but yes it always boggled my mind that these types think China is a good place to do this kind of thing. When it gets into 'raves' and drugs and yes thinking this is the Spring Break of Asia or something like that??

What kind of fool goes to a rave with drugs in a foreign country? Why not just walk down the street in those same foreign countries with a sign around your neck that says: "Stupid foreigner here who likes drugs and drugged girls and dance clubs with brothel-like atmosphere".
"Stupid is as stupid does"- Forest Gump. Peace.