Thank you. You are probably right. I need to get used to "it". But this is by far the worst of the last 6 recruiters I have been dealing with. They are arrogant and rude. And then, no reply.... Have you found a magical way to get respect from Chinese recruiters?

Well, I don't think that their respect is totally necessarry; they either come up with the goods or they don't. I myself like to remain on the moral high ground, keep my cool, be polite myself, and play the numbers game; by the time you get a few more recruiters under your belt, one of them will come up with what you want and present you with something half suitable. The magic comes in getting past the wretched agent to where you are passed over to the fao of the school, and it's him or her who you should argue the toss with(in a cool calm deliberate way) So; you could just agree in principle with the recruiter, because the school will want to speak with you and you the school. In short, you want to talk to the organ grinder and not his monkey- don't try and get everything agreed on with the monkey. Therefore, for example, how I deal with these matters might be-if I need 7000RMB and the recruiter says it's 6000, I might well initially accept, so I get the chance to speak to him-that-matters, and tell him, that I think the job would suit me but I need 7500 yuan-now, he may well anguish over it and offer me the 7000 that I actually require; especially if he is trying it on, and the other teachers are really getting a higher wage. Cheers&beers.