In contrast to what you say, I know several people who taught IELTS at Guangxi University who were not paid for months. The OP is right, GXU is actually quite a dump, it is dirty, polluted lakes, rats, etc. That story about "can't and c..t" is actually true and many Nanning foreigners have heard about it. That professor is obviously still there, a bit of a worry. I met those SCIC women that Mark mentioned: yes, arrogant, racist, uneducated, and lazy. Guangxi University is not "downtown", it is in Xi Xiang Tang, it is not even close to Chao yang. Yes, it has a Starbucks, who gives a shit! As for Nanning, rude and racist, uncivilized population. It is a backward city. I would also avoid Guangxi University and SCIC.