Whiners at Birmy are expendable and replaceable by other foreigners who will relish the opportunity to show off their teaching skills.

Hey Mal,your final sentence says it all. It's a red flag for anyone contemplating teaching for Birmy. Anyone fool enough to go there deserves what's comin'. I didn't try to quantify until now how many foreigners are in the country who are prepared to put up with all kinds of grief in the name of so-called Chinese culture. Undoubtedly you are among 'em. With a subservient attitude like yours, it won't be too long till you come a cropper. For the rest of us who are prepared to stick up for ourselves, it's a great pity there are so many foreign teachers like you here. Your tolerance of any employer abuse that comes your way makes it that much harder for those who dare to speak out against that kind of thing to get things changed for the better!