Is it really hard to get a TT AP job in the states? how important is your advisor's role? Do you still have a chance if your advisor does not help much and asks you to go back home?
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i'm sorry for you OP. if you tell him you are just applying to china he'll write a recommendation letter accordingly. if you are also going to apply to jobs in the US, he will write lower quality recommendation letter.
at this point maybe you can tell him you will only apply to lower ranked schools, and maybe he will write a relatively better letter.