You wrote "New Asia levies a "fine" of $1000 if they do not accept your reasons for breaking the contract early." I don't like this at all. Why don't you find other employers to negotiate with? There are hundreds of Chinese schools looking for teachers.

Cascadia

> Thank you for repyling to my message. I have actually done google
> searches on both the U.S. and Canada google sites, and it turned up
> nothing. They did ask for a copy of my college diploma. You say if
> they do not end up their end of the bargain, I can leave immediately.
> Is that relatively easy to do? My mother has a friend who did this
> and wanted to leave early, but was given a very hard time (of course,
> this was twenty years ago) by school officials. I'm a little worried
> because New Asia levies a "fine" of $1000 if they do not
> accept your reasons for breaking the contract early.
> I'm still doing some background research here.
> Cirene