In general, this whole thing about development has been a digression, in part brought up by generally stupid comments. I won't even say politically correct, as the stupidity of the previous charges defies characterization.

I think its safe to say that the business culture in Beijing is not in a developing stage, so therefore development, or lack of, is no excuse.
I have seen many plush offices of ESL companies, amongst them Hampson English, English First, and the desks you would see in them one would think belonged in Goldman Sachs.

So yes, I am in agreement that development is no excuse for the business culture. What is undeveloped, is China's legal system, which does not enforce against, or will not enforce against, bad business practices, whether they are by language companies, or any company in general. There is no disputing that China's legal system in general is an absolute disgrace, completely inexcusable, and has no place in the civilized world. That however, is a different discussion, and not relevant for a thread discussing language companies.