No, you should remember that you are going to China and many employers have arrangements with
their local police.

That must explain the string of employee arrests Elan has had in just the past two years, their airtight arrangements with the local police, including the surprise police inspection at the local branch where I worked.

we've all had to resort to that I suppose- all cash isn't it!

Don't make your desperation for cash bleed into a willingness to tell other people to risk incarceration for a meager paycheck, especially when there are plenty of other legal options to making a comparable income in the same profession.