A word of warnign for anyone considering applying for a job as a teacher at Beijing International Studies University or BISU. They are known in Beijing as Erwai.

Despite being a large, well-known University in the capital, they have a poor track record when it comes to the treatment of foreign teachers.

Teachers are fired at a moment's notice, and are not given reasons.

They do not give you the appropriate visas.

They won't sign or stamp the contracts they sign.

They do not pay the teachers on time, and never pay the correct amount.

The working conditions are dreadful: no lesson guidance, no timetables, moving students without telling teachers, cancelling/adding classes at a moment's notice and several times per week.

They do not pay travel allowances.

They do not adhere to their own contracts even when signed.

They have threatened other teachers: with the police and with deportation when teachers have tried to stand up for their rights.

They really are a very very dodgy company indeed. AVOID at all costs.