Wings (Japan)
It's not just in China, but all over Asia (India, Japan, and Korea too and in Korea and Japan it is to a much higher extent than China). Companies like Disney English, Wall Street and EF hire anyone because they are 'multinational'. But I mean hey, come on…the truth is that English is the language of the white person. If I was learning Chinese, I would expect to learn Chinese from a native Chinese. If I was to learn Hindi, I would expect to learn it from a native Indian. Likewise for German, and French etc. If I was to learn English, then I would expect to learn it from a native white English person- not from an Indian, not from a Chinese, not from a Filipino etc. (even if they have a British, Canadian passport etc.).
A foreign teacher at Hailiang International School in Zhuji, Zhejiang province, interacts with pupils from a primary school for migrant workers in the city's Taozhu street on March 4. Photo by Luo Shanxin / for China Daily |