To be honest, I didn't realise the post was old. It struck me as not matching my experience, and I thought I should say so.

Does it really matter that much to you? Why do you guys "skulk" around this forum? Hopefully it's for the same reason that I do: try to inform people who are thinking about teaching in Changchun what it might actually be like. I have a little experience of that, and think that sharing my experience might be helpful. It is clearly different from some other people's experience, but that's the nice thing about freedom of expression.