Teaching in China can be a lot of fun as long as you avoid teaching remedial English for lazy rich kids classes. Those kids will ignore you while putting on make up or goofing off on their phones. I spent a year teaching AP classes in which the majority of students were from rich families, and it was very easy to tell which kids were raised by their parents, because they were serious students and good kids, and which kids were just given money.
The easiest way to ensure yourself good students, and thus an easier, more enjoyable time teaching, is to stick to the university system. The more famous the university, the more serious the students. For five years, I didn't have to teach "English." Instead, I was teaching composition, both fiction and non-fiction, the bigger issues of writing. I was also teaching debate, so had my Chinese students debating, in English, issues as diverse as women in politics, the environment vs. economic development, if a bad government was better than no government, and if teaching should be more than just a job (the students pretty much believed so).
But even secondary universities are still good options. I taught at a second tier college for three years, which gained me the experience for my CV to teach at a top tier university. Those kids chatted a little too much in Chinese, but most of them were so likeable it usually didn't bother me. I did have to teach them some grammar, but making boring but necessary topics interesting is the necessary burden of teachers.
Good relationships with your students is the most important aspect of teaching in China. Your Chinese colleagues will be too busy to help you with most things, but Chinese students, as a rule, love helping their foreign teachers. It gives them real world practice with their English, and most Chinese still have a lot of respect for their teachers.
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