This is all very interesting. Everyone seems to have a beef with Edison and Linda. But it seems to me that maybe what needed to be done was to be a little more Savvy in your dealings.

None of you are little children and cannot claim to be naive about the bussiness world. You were happy to accept what was offered at the time.But because you started to get unhappy about your situation,(often leaving it too long before dealing with the matter),you now want to discredit people as revenge;and that is all I see it as.The SIMPLE,SELFISH,CONCEITED form of Justice for some individuals. I too worked for both Edison and Linda over a period of almost four years. I never had problems of any kind with either of them.Initially I negotiated a deal with both parties at different times. Deals where all were happy with the arrangements.I never had problems with payments.I was always reimburesed for any personal out goings for travel.If I had any disagreement over money, I would discuss the matter in a polite way,so as to save face for ALL concerned.If I felt I was being unfairly treated I would arrange a meeting and discuss the issue.This worked well for me and I can only compliment both Edison and Linda on their dealings with me.And trust me on many occassions I was a real pain in respect to changing agreements, needing time off etc.

SO SUCK IT UP;Your own incompetence with dealing with your issues at the right time and in the right manner is the reason you are now so intent on REVENGE.If you had any true concept of Chinese Culture and how to accomplish business dealings,you would not have dealt with it in such a confronting way. You are in China NOT the Litigational West.

Once again I will state that both parties in question helped me immensely in all respects,from day one until the day I SUDDENLY dropped it on them that I needed to return home for personal reasons.A little more RESPECT towards the Culture and Way Of Life in the country you are living in would not go astray.

KDC has the nerve to reply and lie, I recall him, there I was trusting Edison Ye as a so called business partner and working to get business teaching contracts but what I did not know was this.

" The secretary I thought was taking calls for me had been put in place to take any calls from any company and redirect them to Edison Ye who then would approach those companies saying " Richard is not available, he sent me and KDC to help you". Edison Yee would approach these companies from his fake school office having been given details that were meant for me. KDC would then give a demo lesson using power point lessons lifted from the internet and together they would steal a contract that was meant to go to me and Edison Ye, jointly as business partners.

It is difficult enough in China when having to deal with dishonest people in the ESL business but when a foreigner such as KDC throws his lot in with the likes of Edison Ye, Linda Chia the situation becomes impossible.

So KDC you say I had a reputation as a dubious character, why is that? because I was working hard and being honest while you were working on a scam visa and ripping of foreign teachers in order to endear yourself to some very nasty and dishonest characters such as Edison Ye, his two friends Jeremy and David and of course the totally fake and dishonest Linda Chai - the fake EKD English school.

Yes I cancelled contracts I had bid for and won against the likes of these people and those companies that chose me did so because I'm very good at providing educational services in line with the needs of the company and not like you- faking stuff taken off the internet and putting it up on power point. I trusted Edison Ye as a business partner but when I found him stealing contracts with your assistance, of course I cancelled the contracts and dissolved the partnership with Edison Ye and advised those companies to sue him. My relationship with the two companies in question was very good and our parting was on very good terms, both companies were informed in detail about Edison Ye and what he was doing and both companies agreed that it was wise for me to cease any working relationship with Edison Ye.

It seems another teacher that has replied here also fell foul of the scams operated by Edison Ye regarding work visa and stealing money due to teaching staff and again KDC is highlighted as the dishonest lap dog tagging along ( Di Cosmo )and supporting a dishonest individual or individuals.

One might ask why Di Cosmo joins in ripping of foreign nationals in China but if you met this over weight some what under educated character that is well past retirement age but sporting a young Chinese wife it all becomes clear. It is often the case that Chinese ladies have difficulty identifying what is a bad foreigner and what is a good foreigner, hence the presence of characters like KDC in China, I'm sure you anyone can picture what he looks like and of course he is no more a real ESL teacher then the local fish vendor but these losers do show up in China, hunting for a wife and faking there credentials.

Looking back on the situation years ago and remembering the smug comment from Edison Ye e.g " you can't do anything, don't bother getting a lawyer, foreigners don't have legal rights in China" I should have dragged him and KDC down a side street and kicked the crap out of the pair of them.

The most recent scam I heard regarding Edison Ye in Songjiang - Shanghai was that he set up a children's school website calling it a franchise ( doubtless with help from Di Cosmo ) and was duping Chinese in other cities to buy the franchise name from him. He is dabbling in Thomas the Tank Engine schools and will be ripping of the real franchise owners that are based outside of China and can do nothing to stop him or his fat foreign lap dog.

What are the most recent ESL scams of these characters? I don't know but I have decided to do the following. I have sent the details of this website to the Shanghai police, no point in sending to the Songjiang police because as Edison Ye proudly boasts along with Linda Chia, they pay bribe money to the Songjiang police to ignore their illegal activities.
An e mail has also been sent to the embassy that represents KDC as it is only fair that they know what this character is doing in China. I was going to inform the Shanghai visa office but Ye states they support him so instead I have copied in the central visa office in Beijing. As Edison ye never pays tax on his fake schools which date back to 2003 and certainly does not pay tax on his other scams I have of course copied in Shanghai public tax office and included Di Cosmo for them as they really need to check out his tax contributions or the lack of them.

I feel sorry for the other teacher that complained about Edison Ye and KDC, I understand how he feels, I also know several others that also got ripped off.
KDC, I have one eye on you and I assure you that at some point in the near future I will be popping around to have a stern meeting with you, when you assisted in stealing from me you chose the wrong person.

As for any ESL school in China, now you know the truth about Di Cosmo and not any of the online nonsense he writes, if you really want this type of character around your school children, your adult clients, check his qualifications very thoroughly and remember, you were warned about him.

For the time being I'm happy to wait and see if the Chinese authorities finally do something about you and your very dishonest friends.

I think its time to do a little more digging and post what all of you are up to nowadays.

Edison Y[edited] (name unconfirmed) is a consumate liar. If his lips are moving, what you hear is a lie. He does not pay for overtime work, as he promises, even in his (so-called) contracts. He does not reimburse taxi fares between his offices and off-site work locations. He does not give holidays as required by Chinese law. He does not reimburse airfare expenses, even if promised in his contracts. He frequently uses fabrication and subterfuge to promulgate his lies and deceits, even conscripting the "school" authorities to aid in his machinations. Here is a description of one of his favourite ruses:

As a teacher's contract is nearing completion (and thereby exposure of his interests to end-of-contract obligations), he will renew their foreign expert certificate and their visa for 364 days (not the full year, as this costs 800 yuan--one day less saves him 400 yuan). Meanwhile, the existing contract will expire. Nevertheless, the teacher will continue being scheduled for work assignments while he "negotiates" a contract renewal. This tactic is usually successful in duping the poor foreign teacher into continuing to work for another month. Well...almost a month. What eventually happens is that the as[edited] Ye will "break off" negotiations on a fabricated pretense a mere one or two days before the month is complete, thereby avoiding the necessity of demonstrating "cause" for dismissal. This tactic prevents the concurrent liability of paying a month's salary for dismissal without cause (as stipulated by Chinese law). Having been dismissed summarily, the poor teacher is suddenly without income. As[edited] Ye will then refuse to pay any outstanding obligations remaining from the former contract (e.g. airfare, taxi fares, overtime, "bonus"), including his obligation under Chinese law to pay a month's salary in lieu of one month's notice of termination. Calls to his mobile phone will be screened or go unanswered; ditto for all email and mobile text messages sent his way.

As indicated above, his other employees are his accomplices in this deceit. They go by the names of J[edited], D[edited] and T[edited]. As[edited] Ye has also successfully recruited a foreign teacher into his cabal (named above), who runs interference on this site on his behalf. What benefit this lackey receives is unknown by this writer, but no doubt includes his continued employment and legal status in China. With substantial risk to the employee in question, should they choose to abandon the deceit, this amounts to extortion by the as[edited] Ye and his accomplices. Without doubt, this lackey will fabricate further aspersions against my character, professional conduct and skill in order to discredit my reports.

The as[edited] Ye, J[edited] and D[edited] are all tobacco addicts, and will support each other against any non-smoker (such as myself), and any foreign teacher who dares to challenge them as they continue smoking in the offices, hallways and even in the classrooms in the presence of other staff and students (posted signs notwithstanding). His "employee" Tr[edited] is actually his [edited], for whom he [edited]. This demonstrates how the as[edited] Ye is incapable of honesty in any aspect of his life--he cheats everyone he knows, including his own family.

I could supply additional sordid stories of how he has cheated every foreign teacher I've met in his employ, but I have more productive and positive things to occupy my time. I will not respond to the posts of his lackeys and accomplices. Suffice to say that, having read this post, you--dear reader--have been amply warned to avoid the as[edited] Ye and any of his associates.

I know that you will read this, too, as[edited] Ye. I now have a court judgement in my favour against you and your company. Your criminal behaviour is a matter of public record. So...F**k you.

Richard, there's nothing dodgy, wrong or illegal about my visa mate. The visa application went through the regular, rigourous inspection and has been approved twice. The school's business licence and licence to employ foreign teachers has also been critically examined by the relevant authorities in Shanghai and is approved. I wouldn't be here to say anything if you hadn't thought fit to include my name in your accusatory post.

In my opinion: your own unprofessional and unethical behaviour led to the justified revocation of your Expert's Certificate and visa. Didn't you use the company's connections to get their corporate client as your own, and then fail when you tried to unilaterally change the terms of that contract? Didn't you break that contract and leave them without an instructor? Didn't you try the Cambridge thing, and also wind up with a major fail? You tried to drag me into your squabbles with the company, and I see here that this effort continues. I believe you are the sole author of your own misfortune. Not me, not Edison, not Linda, not Cambridge; you. Richard.

I don't know where you are now, and frankly I don't care. I'm just happy that you're no longer in SongJiang, where you seem to have established a rather unsavoury reputation. Richard, you need to take a long, hard look at yourself. When you've burned through a bunch of jobs in a short period of time, maybe it's not the companies that are to blame; maybe it's just you. Students say you're a decent enough teacher, but as an employee it appears that you tend to run off the rails in short order. Then the half-baked accusations and quasi-legal threats begin to fly. You seem to fancy yourself an expert on Chinese business and immigration law who knows better than the people whose job it is to actually oversee these areas. I don't think you are.

In my experience, EET is no better, but certainly no worse, than any other language training centre. They pay you as they should. They deduct taxes properly. They have a valid business licence and the authority to hire FTs. They obtain valid and legal visas for their teachers. In general, Edison treats his people better than many of them treat him. Cases in point are you and that guy who took a month's advance and disappeared. No matter, I am not here to defend the school, but rather myself against your delusional accusations of my complicity in shady business deals. I am a teacher, and I hold no stake in the company, nor am I privy to their business operations or decisions. I accept my teaching assignments in good faith. My duty is to my students.

As far as I know, the EET business licence is annually inspected and approved by the police and Education Ministry. I am registered with them. I didn't pay for my visa. If sending trainers to partner companies and institutions was illegal, as you claim, I guess that EF, Pacican, Wall Street, Raffles, Oxford and every other major training centre would be in contravention. But they're not. You just don't know what you're talking about. To the best of my knowledge, no EET teacher has ever been fined, arrested or deported. Even you yourself say that they've held a licence since 2003. Seems a bit long to be operating under the radar in a field that's highly regulated.

By the way, why are you using a fake name here, Richard? That's just a rhetorical question. I know it's easier to libel someone when using a pseudonym. Libel, by the way, IS against the law. And you are breaking it by posting your defamatory, unproven and unprovable allegations here on a public forum. If you cannot prove that I have knowledge of and am actively participating in illegal activities, you'd better issue a retraction or face the consequences.

Ken Di Cosmo