Jay, I am glad you've come back with the interesting feedback and I am quite sure many readers on will appreciate your post as well. The Foreign Affairs Office interview, you are talking about, is unbelievable. Until this moment, I did not think any foreign teacher had ever stepped in the great office before. What's also mesmerizing, to me, is that the Foreign Affairs want all the schools in the area to be under their "supervision". Knowing the Chongqing officers, I strongly believe they are looking for a little bit extra under the table. :)

On renting of teachers, as I have said, it isn't/wasn't so legal. My former employer in Chongqing was quilty of it and many others are/were/will be...as long as there're tables in these fine offices. I was well hated as I refused to the renting agreement there.

On the Z visas, I hope you will come back yet again. Foreign teachers need to know what is going on.

All the best to Jay

Cheers and beers