I had the same exact experience with him a few months ago. I didn't understand. I'm a American ESL teacher with University experience. He asked for my documents and I sent them. He then talked to me over the phone for a little while and said he wanted to hire me. I asked to speak with some of the previous teachers hes had and he gave me two references, neither of them were valid emails. I never heard from him since. I even SKYPEd him asking why I wasn't chosen and that I understood its a competitive market (LOL). He never responded. Hes a strange fellow indeed.

Contributor, why don't you keep my warty nose out of what my name is? I have my right to post under a pseudonym as do you. It's this thing called "freedom of speech", but then they don't teach that in your CPC youth league meetings do they?

If you are indeed C Zhang, then why do you post your name, and seeking teachers so freely online? If you are not he/she, then I apologize profusely.

PS, I am not hungarian, but my place of birth and abode is the UK. And you still never replied to my email along with the documents requested, nor a polite text message asking if I could call/come for an interview. So please don't lie and insult my intelligence, if you are indeed this person.

Peace,
IM

That is entirely my point. If he is just not interested, a simple no thanks would do, I don't expect the magna carta in my email inbox:)

But to get no reply at ALL, esp after personally sending him a text politely asking if I could call him after he didn't/wouldn't acknowledge my email is the height of bad manners in my book. So yes, I think he is up to no good, and I'm sick and tired of uppity Cantonese snake oil salesmen threatening me with "torts of reputation" and accusing me of writing false statements.

I am pretty sure as you say EG, that he has left one or two others on these boards baffled as to his agenda/working methods. For me I definitely think he is in on something to make money, or at the very least f*** ft's over. I'm hoping it is neither, but I won't hold my breath in this instance.

Cheers and cold Ningbo beers,
IM

I know one more that has had dealings with him, and then I am yet another one as well. Any FAO surely has his/her rights to choose from applicants, but why would s/he ask for so much documentation up front and before s/he selects the, to him/,suitable ones? Isn't that a valid question? Don't such practices, as the ones of Mr Charming Zhang, raise suspicions? On the validity of that job position, however, I do have a little bit of faith in the FAO and that because I have heard from some others there are/were a couple of oldies working there. And, I believe I have read once a post of one female that has worked there prior to moving to Haikou, Hainan out of where she wrote a pretty negative post, not about Maoming but Haikou and its school she worked for there.

One more thing that has raised my concerns is that Mr. Charming Zhang has chosen to share our email correspondance with him. I really hope that he isn't sharing more than just our email correspondance, or attachments to them.

Cheers and beers to the internet that not only opens up the channels for abuse but also for sharing our experiences