No, you are wrong. In China your house/apartment/land can be aqquired at the whim of some jumped-up public official ( often corruptly involved with a property developer ) and there is little recourse. I know people who have been forcibly removed from their land and recieved little or no compensation. This can't happen in the West where there is plentiful media scrutiny, and where the public fight back. Many infrastructure projects, or even shopping centres don't proceed back home because of public opposition. As you know, in China there is no freedom of the press, the majority of the media outlets, eg, television, newspapers, are state owned. Also no freedom of speech. Why do think Chinese are so scared to speak out and stand up for their rights? Maybe you have heard the word "prison" before?

China safer? Tell that to foreigners in China who have been punched in the face for no reason, or for refusing the advances of Chinese men. As far as theft goes and house robberies, China is not safer, that's for sure! Also, if you are a scammer in China you are much more likely to get away with it. I have complained about scammers here, even put their names and adresses all over the internet and on multiple e-mail cc's, and nothing seems to ever happen, even when the police know about it.

Your point about rule of law is a fair one, but ANY western cities? New york and London, unsafe as they are, and personally london is not that bad, do not equate all western cities.

They should listen to D. China is a country to be avoided. Arrogant and greedy selfish people, no rule of law, no freedom.

What I have found is this:- FT's are very often the dregs of Western society, who couldn't make it in competition with their own fellows. Now, we have two types of dregs- the bad kind and the good kind- let's not forget that tasty Marmite started off as the dregs; so not all bad. The bad kind are those naturally born with an axe to grind-they almost broke free from the womb grumbling about one thing or another. The bad kind of dregs never fitted in back home in New York, London or wherever; therefore, they most certainly won't fit in in China. The good dregs, just didn't fit in but are generally kind hearted folk; now when they get to China, they are like pigs in shit-they find themselves fragrant Chinese wives- they get friendly with the Chinese and they have at last fallen on their feet.

What a load of old balderdash about the rule of law-you'll be a lot safer walking the streets of Beijing at night than any Western cities. Am I right or am I right?

Don't ever listen to the recruiters, they are rude, unhelpful and forget that you were even there. They said come to China we will get you your work visa. So I cam no work visa.

Negative stuff, indeed. Let's have your ideas re +ve stuff!

So, whom should we listen to?
A) agents
B) direct employers
C) other recruiters (except for the afore-mentioned fraudster)
D) those who say China should be shunned by foreigners who wish to work in the EFL industry.