As far as CL is concerned it wouldn't be any skin off of his nose to point San Mig in the right direction because he(CL) is or has retied from said cushy number??

Exactly. One thing we can agree on. There are far too many circles and too much "cliqueness" in the TEFL scene amongst expat FT's in China these days. Hard to seperate the wheat from the chaff, so to speak.