There's a lot of misinformation going on here. I've worked for Yuncheng English Village for two years, so to help set the record straight:
I know Helen, she's friendly, fair, and she and English Village do honour their contracts with teachers.

I'm from England, and I know many other foreign teachers who work at Yuncheng English Village schools: all from native English speaking countries, UK, US, Canada, Australia.

Getting visas for China is complicated and can be a long process, but if you work for English Village you will definitely get a Z Visa (work visa). And not all English teaching companies in China do this, that's for sure.

If you want to chat to some of the foreign teachers who work for EV then it's no problem, they can give you our Skype/QQ/email.

Cor blimey, you dug up an old post. I'm afraid to say, that Silverboy Poster, following a pasting from the GW's fled long since, and won't be back in a hurry.

I have heard a lot of good things about English village; it is in constant competition with Yuncheng ielts School, for contracts in Yuncheng, Yongji, and other areas. I do understand that all of EV's teachers are native-born English speakers; whereas, ielts relies on barely understandable Africans for the bulk of its workforce. That said, they are both good gigs for newbie FT's.