Walter,

五毛党?

I have no grudge. I am relaying to others what I have heard from several current teachers who work at EV in Yuncheng. My information is factual, current, up to date, and from the past week. April, 15th-25th, 2015.

In addition the same exact methods are being deployed in Xi'an. This from a conversation last night with a friend who is a DoS there.

Things are bad, they are getting worse, and I recommend that everyone teaching in Shanxi or Sha'anxi leave asap.

The new business model appears to be this:

--The PSB hold up visa and passport processing. This places the new teacher in disobedience of any of a number of laws. Locals spy on the foreigners at their apt, when they see a non-Chinese, they call the PSB hoping for the 5,000 rmb reward. The police show up, inspect the apartment. If the teacher is there, they seize the passport. Thus EV moves people from school to school, calls them up and tells them to hide their possessions, and so on.

The PSB seize the passport. Then the teacher must pay fines. EV won't pay them, the school won't pay them. It is the teacher that is responsible for being in compliance.

It is the teacher who must pay the fines. It is the teacher who is ultimately responsible for paying for any transgressions that EV makes or made.

This is not conjecture - one teacher working at EV had their passport seized last week. Another has had their passport sitting on a desk for over 4 months, with no visa.

A third has no contract. A fourth had to hide from a snap inspection. A fifth is spending 2 hours a day shuttling between schools working far too many contact hours.

The foreign teachers in Yuncheng who can access this site, and web access (VPN or direct) from Shanxi has been very poor for 6 months so many cannot, will know that what I post is true and recent information.

To repeat:
The strongest non-recommendation. Do not work in Shanxi, or at Yuncheng English Village.