Gee, thanks for you posts. No, I am not Japanese, but I have taught English in Japan for a year. (I am Filipino-Chinese, by the way).

I easily got a teaching job in Japan, so I thought I could do the same in China. One factor, I think, is that I was already in Japan when I applied for the job. The pay may be much higher in Japan, but I often get headaches trying to stretch the budget, and the work hours are extremely long. So, I thought I needed a change of location and China was the first country that popped in my mind.