Thanks for a more balanced post. To stay happy in China, foreign teachers need to have a different world view and expectations. Personally, I've generally been able to have a very positive teaching experience in all the companies and institutions I've worked for during the last 8 years in China. Maintaining a cheerful disposition, doing the best we can with a bad situation and letting go of needing excellence when it's not possible and striving for it when it is have helped me along the way.