Way more than that in fact, 4000 teachers is only for the schools legitimately registered and allowed to hire Foreign Experts, the ones that can deliver working visas, I would estimate these at 30-40% of the total, 10 years ago it was maybe 20% so there is an improvement.

What hasn't improved in China are the salaries offered to Foreign Teachers, they haven't caught up with the cost of living, in fact they have gone down. I remember in the early 2000s, bottom offers were 12-14000RMB with free accommodation, today I see countless offers at 3000-5000RMB with a shared apartment for the same number of lessons.

And we should somehow be grateful to these employers? This is laughable.

There is a lot of money to be made in China as a Foreign Teacher, but too greedy local employers keep the lion's share and pay us peanuts. This is why more Foreigners, especially those married to locals with spouse visas, should work on their own, grab most of the students and make it difficult for shitty training centers and schools to find customers.