Problem is you have already contradicted yourself. You said in your beginning post that Yuncheng IELTS provides its foreign teachers with nice apartments however when I provided examples of instances when Yuncheng IELTS does not provide real apartments you got all hostile as I pointed out the error in what you had written. I actually refused to move into the room off the shared courtyard with no toilet so I never experienced living there. Anyway the point was that the girl that did move in their found herself bolted out of the courtyard if she came back at night. Yes, I agree many foreign token English teachers that come to China to teach English do not have the best life style, status and/or career back home but the thing is that by applying maximum leverage when they come to China they can get a nice lifestyle with a nice self contained apartment with its own kitchen laundry etc. If a token English teacher can get a great lifestyle in China that he or she can't get back home then why not play the game and get the life they want in China instead of settling for the substandard. But to get the nice life style they have to do two things see through the lies and apply leverage. So in the example of Yuncheng IELTS they need to be aware of the fact that they are in danger of being shortchanged on their accomodation. Which is a fact. If Yuncheng IELTS wants them to work for them they should demand that they are provided with a self contained apartment particularly if they are a White native English teacher. If Yuncheng IELTS is unwilling to provide a real apartment then the native speaker should look at other options. Problem is when white native English speakers settle for the sub standard then employers in China set the lower level as the default of what they offer. So in short in China you have to learn how to hustle to get what you want and do not get taken in by the lies and the chirades. It is of no benefit of you to be a pet White monkey for some Chinese business. Trust me I have seen foreigners take on the pet White monkey and do the bidding expecting there to be reciprication the thing is there never is.