It has all been said on here before.
The free market is what has happened. Several things are going on.
For employers the teaching market is not the gold mine it used to be. There is far more competition in the market. The new rich kids are fully catered for and now the middle and lower middle and even working class families are looking for classes. Initially the growth led to a glut of students, now there is a glut of schools competing with each other and fees have gone down.
Also for employers, costs have gone up, including rents. Imagine being located in a fancy mall.
For teachers there is competitive pay. The job will go to the suitable person who is willing to work for lower pay. There are more expats coming to Kunming. Yes there are quality issues with some teaching (pay peanuts, get monkies, de—motivate then and get problems), but many owners of the private schools don't care about that TIC. They will just wrongly complain about inept and expensive teachers.
For the customer parent/student you get the McDonalds effect. All the little diners, some of which produced real quality, have been replaced by burger bars. There is only room in any market for a few centres of excellelence.
Public sector pay has not moved, but that is regulated.
Trend noticed on here. I have seen employers openly advertise crap pay (120) and others have taken this as an anchor/example and others are now also advertising crap pay.
What can we do? Not much as this is market forces. The new visa regulations will cause a blip in the teacher supply thing for the first wave, but actually could even force rates down as some employers will use some borderline legal cases to leverage rates down IMHO.
One thing we can do is hit the employer where it hurts, by wasting their time and money. Actually apply for jobs you are not going to take, send resume (use bogus hotmail address), change name and photo, do the phone interview etc, and when you are offered the job, don't turn up, and send an email later saying 'crap pay mate'. IF WE ALL DID THAT.


Great Britain in Kunming schedule of events
发布者@andrewD this event is showcasing GB so why wyould you have a CH photographer on dispaly?
Great Britain in Kunming schedule of events
发布者tis a trade event. flying the gb flag to local trade and industry. if i want people at the invest uk workshop i want potential large scale investors i don;t want joe soap ear wigging what might be comercially sensitive information. especially bout stuff then dont really understant. and it is clear that some people dont understand the meaning and purpose of this event or even the role of the trade consul. as for the comment of why put it on gokunming. how many of the expat trade people read gok? most of us. how many of us read the consular websites? duh!
Old town fire quickly contained in Shuhe
发布者PS I am sober today.
Old town fire quickly contained in Shuhe
发布者Shu He already has it's new area, built adjacent to the old town. The new area is a clone of the old town. As the businesses were restaurants it may be that this was in the new area.
Fundraiser: buying rice threshers for Guizhou farmers
发布者too small to slice off the top?