Battered Spouse Syndrome indeed, with a dash of Stockholm Syndrome!
You would have to be absolutely mental to either stay, or return to CX. But to return.... wow.
I feel very sorry for my respected ex colleagues who didn't have the stones to leave, or felt that things might get better. They won't.
CX deserves everything it gets, and I fear soon it will be GBA, and that's game over then. Welcome to a crappy 3rd tier Chinese city. What a disgusting prospect.
I was at CX for 20 years and did very well out of it. I thank CX for the high standard of training, so everywhere I go now is a walk in the park. And I thank them for making me a USD millionaire twice over on the housing allowance. Something my BA, LH and KL mates wouldn't have got.
So thank you CX. Loved the time there, but adios!