My second job in China really awakened me to the avarice of Chinese in the academic sphere. It was not the laoshi but the 'leaders', that pathetic nomenclature for Communist Party Apparatchiks

I'll agree with you on this point. In China, even the public system is all about the red notes.

I should not necessarily and automatically downgrade my salary expectations.

But you can't expect the same salary as in Oman or the UAE in China. No way. Even Spain doesn't pay it's teachers as well as the gulf.

The profit that franchises such as EF, Webb, Disney et al manage to extract from their businesses is indicative of how capitalism has gripped China by the throat.

Do you think Qantas, Sky, Coles and other Aussie companies offer things for free or give their employees high salaries? And what about UK companies that pay the bare minimum wage? Capitalism is everywhere, we've been screwing each other over far longer than the Chinese have been doing it. Recall this in USania?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enron_scandal

It suited this charlatan to have me on his books

How is he a charlatan? It's not like he is a doctor practising without a medical degree?

cheaper salary [RMB12000pm]

Still a good salary for China. Bear in mind there are college jobs in Spain that only pay around 15,000 yuan pm.

Rajesh Sehgal cannot disguise his duplicitous nature nor can he hide from his shame.

Do you think he feels shame? He is saving 8,000 rmb a month, quite a substantial amount. And many teachers will jump at a job paying 12,000 rmb a month. As I said, do you think businessman in Aus/the UK have any scruples?