And Sichuan salaries tend to be on the low side. The better money there is mostly on offer at language mills, and he admits to being lazy and impatient with kids. He won't go for that kind of work.

I don't like teaching kids or working at GW type training centres. But I still feel that no FT should work for less than 5,500 at a public gig. Granted backwaters sichuan is different, or unless something else is afoot I am unaware of, but I knew two nigerians who each earned 5,000 teaching 17 classes in a backwater.

He should try and negotiate upwards, because you can be sure as hell the Chinese will always try and cut the salary down to line their own pockets.