In these worrying and troubling times it is unclear whether there is a future in the Chinese EFL industry. Be it online or in the classroom, there seems to be some changes afoot. For language centres and online companies in China, there are whisperings of limiting the extra curricular learning hours of certain sections of the school going community. Or kids to be more precise. On top of that, and more worrying in many ways, is the increasing uncertainty around the increasing policing of the internet, and the over reach of many of the tech social media giants.

For anyone, company or organisation switching to a mainly online presence following the massive restrictions in the name of Covid 19, that route to salvation may be about to be curtailed as well. It seems that maybe the online comunity that has been created will control and trap people more than they ever knew. What once seemed like a limitless and endless theme park seems now to be undergoing a massive security operation. Global governments want to control it, and who is controling the global governments? For anyone with kids it is a frightening and worrying time for sure.

“A man without an internet connection is a man without hope”

Bob Carolgees-1986