Scouser? But seeing how popular Fireman Sam is here, how about Welsh?

From Manchester myself, lived in London most of my life so a bit more cockney now :)

Whether it's American or English, accents play a part, but I think Chinese are probably wanting the easy Hollywood styled accent they get in films. Definitely not any south USA drawl or northern English lol

The only Chinese who don't struggle with my accent is my wife and her mum, never works as good when out and about trying to speak the language lol

Fireman Sam popular in China lol

That's new on me!

The folks running the ad, whether they're Chinese or not, say they want Americans because the textbooks they're using are set for American pronunciation.

......and American spelling! Colour, aluminium, etc will just confuse the poor students.

Parents brought up watching 'Friends' and wanting to send the kids to an American university. Looking for every gnats whisker of advantage.

Canadian teachers sound just like American teachers but can also understand the difference in spelling.

Shouldn't you edit that to say "Canadian teachers sound better than American teachers but can also understand the difference in spelling"?

The standard key words for these school's adds should be "Hollywood"

or netflix