Your first reaction to reading the headline may well be, “Where have you been hiding for the last two months?”. No, I am not still in the third, or maybe fourth, stage of grief. This isn’t some pipe dream, a result of some particularly strong cheese consumed too close to bedtime. Now is it wishful thinking.

Well, OK, it may be a little bit of wishful thinking. But there have been rumors coming out of China that should there be a regime change in the not too distant future, the old order would be reintroduced and the big online ESL companies would be back up and running before the ink had dried on the reversal document.

I am waiting for firmer confirmation before I go too public on this, but don’t be surprised if we don’t see these big Chinese firms returning to providing the full services that they were doing before the regulations came into play. Stay tuned.