slyde55,

I'm not sure what airline these folks fly for in China, but they got some of the facts wrong. First of all, yes we have internet here. I'm assuming "freefall "was joking on that one, or he isn't living or flying in China. The trouble over lawsuits that "zondaraacer" and "shanKS" are referring to have the info half right. The pilots that are being sued are Chinese nationals, not expats. And as far as signing a contract in Chinese, is not correct, my contract was in English. "jet320" is correct in saying you have to be careful with any overseas flying. Find a good agent and ask a lot of questions. I'm not sure who "IcarosF1" flys for in China or where he/she lives in China, "Xian is a nice city but extremely Chinise", Hellooo, Xian is in China so I guess that makes it Chinese, as opposed to say, Ames Iowa?? I'm not sure about the "extremely" part. For me it was 2 months from arrival in China to flying the line @ full pay. No "horror stories", no "imigration mess". So far they have honored everything in my contract. Are there things in it I would liked changed?? You bet, show me a contract that's perfect. The pay is good and on time. Living expenses are what you make them to be.
As far as the China Eastern A330 deal I interviewed for the job and was hired but after talking to a few guys who are flying there, one who flys the 330 ZSPD to ZBAA and back and rarely leaves the country, certainly not to the West coast or JFK and he's been there over a year. I decided against it for several reasons. I know the guy IcarosF1 is referring and he is still holding out for the job, and keeping his fingers crossed that the job materializes as advertised. It's taken him about 4-5 months and still he waits. Hopefully it will work for him, but it's taken a lot of time and effort, not to mention money.
Like I said earlier, find a good agent, ask loads of questions, and talk to people that are there. Good luck.