What is really hard to deal with is their obvious lack of any kind of fairness even among the foreign teachers themselves. we all sign the same contract, but if you have a "good relationship" with the headmaster or leaders you can get treated like a princess, if not, treated very poorly or even fired. Part of the "good relationship" of course must come from never opening your mouth about anything unfair or unsatisfactory and from other things sometimes you can't even ascertain. It must be hard for the people themselves in this kind of environment, i mean , not every chinese is beautiful, can impress, and make good guanxi with all those around them. I'm glad to be leaving.