Xining, Qinghai China

I taught 2 years here and it felt like 20. The apartment they gave me was truly awful. I had to move out and find my own. I complained which did not go down well. Told I was not allowed to leave the city and they kept my passport. Always paid late every month. The foreign manager micro managed and had you followed you outside school hours to make sure we’re not teaching privately. Finally they asked will I carry on after 2 yrs I couldn’t stand the place of course so said no. The day before I left the British foreign guy verbally threatened me. Also sent me WeChat message threatening me saying he would make my life difficult. I see now why he did this. Was to stop me going back to Xining so I would not teach at another school and be competition for them. Terrible experience. Be very careful and check to see if the cram school is under the Head Office control otherwise they do what they like and that means abusing teachers.