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[samhouston]

Well, the visa issue has never been of much concern to me since I'm working sort of under the table anyway with my employer. I've heard that my protection here is paid for by the company that owns the school. Not sure how true that is...

Are the police here so bored that they'll investigate my visa status because they find a flyer somewhere advertising English lessons? I guess there is plenty of testimony out there of yesses and nos, both of which I'd like to see. I guess the "I was just trying to help the community" defense won't get me very far if they come knocking.

Also, I guess I should ask, what are the penalties one can expect for private tutoring to small groups on a business visa? Or even tutoring one student? My silly American way of thinking makes it difficult for me to understand why anyone (local authorities) would care, or even notice. Maybe I haven't been here long enough...

Some very good points have been made in the previous posts. Keep them coming, they're much appreciated!

[mome888]

What about if you had a Chinese wife who had guanxi and a brother in law with the money and even more guanxi.

But would it be worth the hassle?

[cj750s]

[englishgibson]

i appreciate your points of views on and i understand what samhouston's sayin' ..but respectfully aren't we a bit away from the topic on...cj, you really love bikin' away, although i know that you sometimes come back

getting a permit to stay in this lovely country is rather interesting, if you get married..i mean if you want to stay it doesn't matter you're married to a chinese much...some that've married might've got that idea of startin'up somethin' in order to get their status smoother in here

now, have you guys heard of any foreigner owning or running a language center in china???

or, have you actually thought about doin'it yourself here???

cheers and beers to all hard working FTs that've been around

[vikuk]

[cj750s]

English...isn't Future, Princeton Review owned by an American.

[englishgibson]

sorry, but're u askin me

so many of us around and lil on ... the ones that're in the biz have lil time to drop by and share their troubles

the market here in china's manipulated by the officials and a foreigner in education field's quite an interferance as it looks to me

nice to see the globalization's kicked off well in china

cheers and beers

[Surfdude18]

We've all sat there and thought "I could make sooooooo much money out of this game". Sadly the reality is that it simply isn't that easy...

[voodikon]

i've known a few people who've opened their own business here, some foreigners, some chinese, some english schools, some not. i don't know any foreigners who have been able to open their own schools without a local business partner. and most businesses in general seem to require a local partner, but not all. i knew one lady here who was teaching english and told me she wanted to open her own school so she "didn't have to work"--an odd proclamation, i thought, but i guess she meant work for somebody else. anyway, she did get something started, but i don't know how it's going. in any case running this kind of thing is plenty of hard work--just of a different nature from teaching english. maybe a faster way toward the fat cash, maybe not. probably depends a lot on your business savvy.

[cj750s]

last summer I embarked on a Cartoon English Classes...and although bank was made..next few months the Chinese Art teachers from two schools who were familiar with the idea started their own class..being able to rent cheaper accomodations and taking on students for 30 RMB per hour, I decided that education did not pay as well as motorcycle parts, so I just completed a move to a new shop, and it ain't offering English or Art classes.

[englishgibson]

a new shop
a massage

cheers and beers to teaching english as well as other businesses some have in this lovely country that provides us with so many opportunities