Good post, grate. It gives us an insight into the murky depths of how Chinese recruiters and some of the dishonest foreigners who 'use and abuse them' do their dirty business. In fact, it's a bizzare money triangle involving some recruiters, some schools and some laowei, any or all of whom can be dishonest without a moment's remorse! I am not surprised about the dishonesty of Chinese schools and Chinese agents, but apparently it hasn't taken too long for some foreigners here to adopt said dishonesty, that's what irks me! Such Western bottomfeeders can readily give the rest of us principled laowei teaching here a bad name!