I have been following this debate about degrees here. It is really a lot of nonsense. In China the degree issue is a red herring and not even worth talking about. I do not care if someone is teaching in China with a degree or without a degree. It makes no difference. At some universities in China there are FT's with a degree who can teach well, and also others without a degree who are great at teaching. There are many people in China wih a degree who are terrible teachers.

I want to disagree with Turnoi in regard to degrees: If an FT is teaching at a university in China without a degree, or with a fake degree, but he is doing a great job then how is that fraud or deception? If someone delivers a quality product and is responsible then no harm is done. An incompetent degree holder will obviously cause more harm then a competent non-degree holding teacher!

A degree is certainly not a sign of competence when you talk about English teaching!