‘Language is only a tool’: Japanese expatriates working in China and implications for language teaching

Multilingual Education

Table 1 Participants

Company	Manager	Former expatriate	Current expatriate	Local staff
A	AM1, AM2, AM3	AF1(AM1), AF2, AF3	AC	AL1, AL2*
B	BM1, BM2, BM3*	BF1, BF2	BCSubX1, BCSubX2	BLSubX1
				BLSubX2*
			BCSubY	BLSubY1
				BLSubY2
C	CM	CF(CM)	-	-
D	DM1, DM2*	-	-	-
E	EM	-	-	-
F	FM	-	-	-

Note: A to G denotes companies. Asterisks denote female. AF1(AM1) and CF(CM) indicate that these two individuals represent both manager and former expatriate.