Turnoi mocks a local salary of 8 grand Yuan/month in China. He is oblivious to the fact that 8 grand a month goes a long, long way in the shops and restaurants in many cities and towns here in China if you don't go on a crazy spending spree.
His attitude is typical of those westerners who've never travelled beyond Majorca. Yet he's taught in China for a number of years quite a long time ago. I can only presume that he feels he's been mistreated by the Chinese and wants to get his own back by deriding said country.
Actually, you can live well off 1/2 of 8 grand a month here. So, I advise any other readers to ignore his anti-China rants.