So you are arguing with teachers who have been living and working in China on the basis of talking to a few Chinese in Beijing on a 3 day trip?
Work in China for a year, and not just in Beijing, and you will soon change your mind.

Your original post was waaay wrong.

> Rhombus
> You exaggerate. I met a lot of Chinese who were fluent in English on
> a 3 day (not 3 year) trip to Beijing. Our tour guides were good
> examples. I also met a lot of Chinese in Korean colleges and
> universities making more money than if they stayed home. That's
> right, they are Chinese nationals and teaching Koreans because the
> money is better. China CAN afford to supply and train and hire local
> English teachers but DOESN'T. The teachers they have do not get
> proper pay, supplies, upgrading and foreign experience. It is cheaper
> to bring in foreigners who will work for peanuts.

> When foreigners go into China the Chinese don't have to develop their
> own base of teachers. It is like sending tons of second-hand clothing
> to West Africa. It is undermining the local garment industry.

> If you like the charity work in China then enjoy it. I know European
> engineers who worked on the Three Georges project and they did not
> receive chicken feed for their skills.