tomo Posted May 27, 2005 at 01:26 AM Report Posted May 27, 2005 at 01:26 AM Hi, I'm new to this and was wondering if any of you could help point me in the right direction.... I'm looking into starting a small scale, legal, ESL operation here in China. It would be in a small city, away from the mainstream market of large, corporation style schools that currently exist there. Does anyone know who I should talk to, how much money I'd need etc. What are the options for foreign investors in China, can we own outright, or do we need local partners? Any help much appreciated, thanks Tomo Quote
马杰 Posted May 27, 2005 at 04:35 AM Report Posted May 27, 2005 at 04:35 AM A reputable ESL school? Unless you have serious dough (Like Wall Street English) or dough and gov't backing (SJTU owned English First, Kinderworld, etc), you'll end up with a half baked ESL school trying to constantly replace the rollover of drunks and 色狼's that typify teaching english in China. What city are you trying to set up in? Stay away from Bejing, Shanghai, Shenzhen and the like, they are a bit oversaturated, unless you like working in the dusty outskirts. Bring a good laptop and digital projector so you can show movie after movie for "listening practice". Quote
tomo Posted May 27, 2005 at 04:43 AM Author Report Posted May 27, 2005 at 04:43 AM I was planning on opening somewhere in the South-west, as I've lived there the last couple of years, and yes, much less saturated than the likes of Beijing etc... Does anyone have any actual experience in doing this? Some honest experiences, ways of dealing with the "officials" and all that would be great. Cheers Quote
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