I have to admit Paul does act a bit like a pet and an enforcer for the Chinese management. When the management decided to move all the teachers in Yuncheng city into a compound which was in clear breach of teacher contracts due to the fact half a dozen plus teachers were expected to share a communal kitchen and laundry facilities. Which meant numerous people being cramped into a small kitchen with one stove and shared cupboard space in addition only two fridges were provided meaning that you had to fight for your own shelf which lead to inevitable disputes with allegations of food going missing. Whats more the compound had its own resident village elder who felt she had moral authority in regards to dominating the kitchen and nagging foreigners about how they lived their lives. Thats right you may have left your mother at home but Yuncheng IELTS was good enough to provide their own middle age nagger. Paul was even good enought to relay threats of curfews and compulsory guest sign in books which meant being harrassed by a middle aged Chinese woman if you brought guests back to your apartment ( no kitchen, laundry facilities and only one bedroom/no office) if all the foreign teachers didn't behave like good boys and girls.

Paul certainly did behave like a know it all. Despite the fact that so of his "facts" were completely wrong. Like claiming Taiwan was a tax paying S.A.R. of China. I see validity in avoiding sensitive political issues in China but making completely false claims in order to suck up to the Chinese management only causes embarrassment.