You have to admit that this cuts both ways, how many schools have been burnt by recruiters who send over untrained, unexperienced bar flys whose sole interest in "English teaching" is to get drunk and get laid by girls/boys from other countries?

Or by teachers who tell outright lies and invent references or even degrees.

I am sorry for your financial losses, but assuming you are a decent teacher and have your head together as implied in your post I am sure that China has more than a few opportunities for you, especially seeing as you are on the ground there and can properly investigate and be investigated by prospective employers.