Care to elaborate? what kinds of meetings do you refer to?

My two cents are when in China follow the culture. I will stress I am not a teacher but a factory owner. In my business guanxi means everything. Why not let the young girls get guanxi by inviting their teacher out. One thing if you are teaching high school students, quite another if they are college age even if their maturity level is about 6 years younger than their age. As the Nike slogan says"......"

I would be inclined to agree if Danmairen if teachers were treated with the respect or pay that they should receive. However, this is China and the rules that rule the west in work ethics are not applicable here. Let each teacher decide for himself or herself and let their own morals guide them. I certainly do not want to see any lonely teachers walking the streets of Beijing they might do something like see the inequities in Chinese society and be compelled to protest or complain. We cannot have that let them date their over 18 students, relax, have fun...life is too short...

Well put and I agree. Have never been a teacher but I have a factory that employs about 200 18 to 22 year old girls. Most of them are not educated and are country girls but I enforce a rule of no dating in the same departments just to avoid conflicts and aggravation.

No freaky to start correcting the grammatical mistakes?

Teacher meeting students in groups is ok. Teacher meeting student in romantic way is probably not ok (ethics).

Should Chinese teachers meet students outside the classroom?

Only for sex. Anything else is out of the question.

I see no reason to not meet your students except that it might look bad to people who think you shouldn't but who cares what they think? I'm not talking about romantic relationships just general meeting and chatting/dinner.

Plus you can help students a lot more outside of class as you can give them more specialized help with their English. In my classes I have way too many damn students and I only see them every two weeks for two hours, not enough time and too many students sucks for them.

It is completely normal and helpful for teachers and students to meet after school except for dating purpose.

Teachers and students actually share the same goal--a better development of the student. So we can say the are actully cooperating. Spending more time together will help one side to understand the other better and thus to coperate better.

Even regardless of the whole teaching thing, just hanging out together as friends is not a bad idea. At least you got soemthing to talk about(the sschool, etc.) when running out of topics.

Why should it be forbidden then?

Outside the classroom is a bit indiscreet , a motel room might be better.