Monitor and Turnoi sound like a honeymoon couple out of an African jungle.

It's true. They are deep in an African jungle divorced from reality. Both of them sing from the same hymn sheet. Turnoi keeps crocs in a backwater lagoon of a remote river so that they can have fresh meat for dinner along with their daily bread, which Monitor gets for them from breadfruit trees.
Another bloke called Silverboy is spreading the same propaganda as they are. He's on walkabout in a desert down under. There he is able to survive by drinking from the occasional oasis, but he detests green ones! He's singing from the same hymn sheet as his two jungle buddies. Take what that trio say with a huge grain of salt, especially their denegration of training centers and private schools in China.
I'm sure EF in Xi'an is a reputable employer. When all's said and done, it should be noted that it's part of an international franchise with a built-in career structure! What more do foreign teachers want!