And if you're looking to just teach here in China, not open your own school, the upshot here is to avoid recruiters lke the plague.

Make a long story short, you don't need them. There are too many jobs here you can get directly from the school. Good schools in decent locations with decent reputations offering truly competitive compensation don't have to turn to recruiters, for the most part. It's the miserable hellhole schools in scummy cities with bad reps paying insulting wages that have to turn to recruiters...and you don't want to go there anyway.

ALWAYS deal DIRECTLY with the school. If you can't get a contact at the school itself, walk away. Walk away quickly.

And remember, the recruiters will not be coming to you saying "Yeah, we're scum and we're out to rip you off." They'll be saying "Oh, we're great guys, and we're only in the business to help you, and we take great care of all our teachers." Odds are overwhelming that these guys are lying like rugs.

It's easy to get a teaching job in China. Don't take the chance. DON'T use a recruiter!