There is certainly more than the black and white "2 sides" of ft's that you state. There is also the type of FT who went to China or somewhere else with high aspirations, only to be disappointed with the cheat, abuse, and corruption. These ft's do not lose the love/interest for the local culture, but now they are more level headed than before and have lost the Romanticist View and learned more about reason and logic. Sometimes, they may sound as if they really hate the place, but when you come to think about it if it really was something worth hating they would not bother to mention it on a forum in the first place. You do not sound like you have worked in China for a long time, and if you have then you probably ignored the shady dealings of the locals around you because you felt as long as it didn't intrude on your own personal enjoyment then it wasn't something for you to worry about. Realize that other teachers have had their dignity, personal rights, and love of life intruded by unscrupulous individuals all over the ESL industry, and your own selfish statements only add salt to the wounds.