to paul that thinks local employers should OWN OUR ARSES

What Turnoi doesn't get is that the reason such contracts are offered to foreign teachers is to prevent Chinese employers being screwed by wily foreigners who come here to make good money teaching irresponsibly and lazily. Real ESL teachers needn't worry about contracts. They do an honest day's work for their pay. It's the pretenders here that need to worry about their disappointed students' complaints, and rightly so. China needs real foreign teachers, not skivers after easy money!

cheers and beers to paul and whoever owns his arse too :)