Originally Posted by TommyDevito

You need to understand Chinese business practice and ethics (or lack thereof).

In China an employment contract only protects the employer, who is free to make changes at will with or without the employee's permission. Negotiate anything you want, it doesn't mean they will honor it.

Employee's roles are to make the employer money. Employees should be grateful that the employer hired them and lets them continue to have a job. And the boss is always right, never ever question them.

And in Asian culture, the teaching technique is through fear and intimidation. They believe if you ridicule and punish, the student will learn. Remember that when you go to training. The Instructor is a god walking the earth and shall be treated as such.

Oh, and if you don't like any of this? Good luck in taking them to court over your contract. Foreigners have less rights than do nationals.