I work at a University in Shanxi province and we are offered full pay for July and August if we renew.

It makes sense to the University, it is an incentive to keep foreigners and it costs them less in the long
run in terms of recruitment and all the paperwork and rigmarole that goes with it.

Sadly some Chinese schools, and certainly by the sound of it Yuncheng English Village are very short sighted
when it comes to things like this. They constantly nickel and dime you and what they may pocket in the
short term costs them double to fix in the long term. They may eventually see that but I doubt it in my lifetime.

Just my two cents here as I came across this thread purely by accident. I have no doubt what you are saying
is mostly true, I am just surprised that nobody else who works or has worked at Yuncheng EV has added their
feelings.

The demonstration of clear disparities between what one independent school is doing at what Yuncheng EV does
should be enough to shame them into at least taking note that their game is up, however I suspect that EV
are dealing with recruiting many teachers whereby the independent school just a handful so they would argue
if challenged that their costs are higher bla bla bla, nonetheless I would certainly make a point of telling them
about the considerable difference with another school in the area if I applied. Even though I don't know
anything about the boarding school they certainly seem to be unusually transparent so as you say there are
good eggs out there.

Well done for pointing this out.