Dragonized, I very much empathtize with your friend, but your/his story once again underscores how VERY IMPORTANT it is for FTs to NEVER accept anything but a proper Z visa. Schools/employers can promise anything they like -- in order to snag you into a contract -- because they also know that when the ax falls from Immgration, it falls on the neck of the foreigner, every time! It is the foreigner who will face charges, fines, deportations, etc., not the employer. Welcome to China!

Also, why on earth would you friend wish to return to that PYROTECHNIC "university" anyway? They clearly left him "holding the bag."

Silverboy, PLEASE add them to "The List"!!!