No more than 160 pounds of Baijiu and stinky tofu which would consist of any downtrodden expat teacher's diet in China. Am I right or am I right?

Well, now, hello Dragonised, Im sure you have had no need to eat the stuff; you'd have to be a 'neither use nor ornament' sniggering hyena type of FT to give much thought to Chinese food while in China. One of the first things to do when you feel you have to return is to purchase yourself a tabletop oven/grill, get galvanised and get cooking. Roast Beef and Yorkshire Pudding?- Roast Chicken, roast spuds? And here's one for you, Pumpkin Pie?- Homemade bread and cakes?- Pies and pasties? You can cook what you want to in China, and healthily; lots of tasty vegetables to be had for a song. And if you move to another part of China to take another job, just pop the 150 yuan oven on the train the day before. Preaching to the converted, I am sure?