You are astute, I was in the FTs office with my foreign colleague and our TAs. My foreign colleague threatened my TA. He told her to stop carrying stories back to the company, and if it happened again, he would arrange for her to be beaten up as she wasn't local, while he had lived there for 3 years - so he knew the 'right people'. The young girl was crying with anger and called the HQ. There were also issues between the two TAs, they hated each other. My colleague's TA had cheated the company regarding her return of class hours, while my TA had told the truth. So the company accountant spotted the discrepancy. I told her my colleague was lucky. She couldn't understand why. I said lucky because you didn't call the police. I let it go. Later, the company did an investigation. My colleague got away with it, and though I did tell the truth, I said as far as I was concerned, it was no big deal. The company switched my TA to another county at the end of the term. In China, it's oftentimes not about right or wrong, it's about employee loyalty. Be smart and you will survive.