There are some legitimate and well-managed training centers, but they are a small minority of the industry. They will provide you with documentation to acquire a Z visa BEFORE you leave your own country.

http://www.eslteachersboard.com/cgi-bin/review/index.pl?read=65271

And most of them will wait until the last minute before getting you your residence permit, letting you teach illegally while they check you out. YOU DIDN'T MENTION THAT!

Of course we should recognize China as a country that deports all illegal aliens, even asylum seekers from North Korea, caring not for the ensuing torture caused to those desperadoes thereby.

In my view, Beijing and Shanghai cannot attract sufficient numbers of properly qualified foreign teachers. As for the backwaters, they've no chance of doing so.

Are you some sort of mouthpiece for the immigration goons in Beijing, or one of their wumaos? Maybe you'll be able to get that rarety of a Chinese passport for your efforts on this board. There are plenty of reasons why foreigners avoid teaching in China. And tightening stupid visa rules will not attract more of them, quite the reverse!

In case you didn't know, the biggest cheats in China are big outfits like Enfly Placement. They have even opened offices in Western countries to recruit naive and gullible folks, including those on welfare. They are cheats because they pay poorly, worse than Yuncheng agents, but unlike Yuncheng, you don't get a TA! Yuncheng agents pay her!