I have received flak on these boards for complaining of chinese teachers receiving benefits that I did not get, and was called greedy and stupid for complaining about it, but I don't see it as complaining, merely standing up for myself.

I agree, and what's particularly insulting is that foreigners in some public institutions, such as universities, are now paid less than equally qualified Chinese teachers BECAUSE they are foreigners. Where I worked I discovered this and refused to work for less than my Chinese peers because I was a foreigner. Basically I refused to be treated as an inferior and discriminated against. Really, how can a foreigner live on less than a Chinese counterpart in the developing world? I told them if they didn't match the Chinese teacher's salaries I'd put in a one month notice of leaving. In the end they DID give me the raise, but the English Department didn't appreciate that one bit, and I'm pretty sure they hated me after that. I was accused of being arrogant, but in their own myopic world vision, they couldn't project enough to see that I was only asking for the absolute minimal standards that wouldn't be an arrogant slap in the face. In short, they were so arrogant that they didn't even know they were arrogant.

Why is it selfish to not want to be discriminated against and cheated? If you ask any Chinese teacher if they'd like to go work in a country with a lower salary, and get paid less than the locals, they will all think that would be unfair and they wouldn't do it.

To make matters worse, while getting paid less (this is just starting in unis, not private schools), one is still resented openly for making more money and being spoiled because a decade ago foreign teachers made double what Chinese teachers did. You get the worst of both worlds, the short end of the stick and resentment for getting the long end.

Personally, I think China got worse in the last few years. Just 2 years ago I was planning to stay for the long haul. Then shit started to pile up and stink to wear I just couldn't stand it anymore.