Cheap way to see China

This was a fun and cheap way to see a lot of China. The people who run the program are all very nice and well-meaning. The accommodations and the food are all fantastic. The teachers there and the facilities are all great as well. The days are very long, you typically work about 12 hours per day. The program will tell you that the tells are much shorter than they are. For example, I am aware of several programs which say they are 9am-6pm every day but they are actually 8am-9:30pm every day. This is just one example of the exceptionally poor communication. You will be unaware of what you're doing at any given time until 5 minutes before you have to do it. You will be waiting for a response from the program directors for days unsure of exactly what to do. They will tell you things and then tell you something entirely different 3 days later. In all honesty, it doesn't make the program any more difficult or less fun, it's just pretty annoying and causes a few issues when trying to plan things.