China will continue to have to rely upon a high percentage of backpackers and misfits to fill many of its teaching

Backpackers seem to fit in snugly with misfits on this forum(maybe others too) when in reality most of them are educated young men and women trying to get an affordable exotic holiday. Are you thinking of American war veterans of a certain age who hang about Thailand? Chinese students find them more interesting than us old codgers and they do impart a bit of Oral English and twang their guitars in classroom. Anyway, that's all academic now, what with the new visa regulations-the need for invitees and so forth; so they won't be taking our jobs. As for misfits, I'm bound to say I rank among their numbers, not really fitting in in Blighty.