With many of those teachers, all their efforts seem to be expended in moaning about China, so they have nothing left to offer their poor students in the classroom; and trying to persuade them to leave China, if they don't like the place, is like trying to prise barnacles off of an old anchor.

Nice attempt that flipping the truth upside down, buddy. The western teachers whom I met in china mostly have nothing but positive things to say about the chinese, with some token complaints thrown in. Usually they will never escalate it to a national level unless it is brought up in the conversation, which I did do when I was working there.

Moaning about china has nothing to do with having nothing to offer your students in a classroom. [edited]