Bax, Skehan, Hu

Bax decribes in his article the end of the CLT approach and compares it to a context approach.  He points out that context is not included in the Methodology of CLT and purely the teachers support for communication.  In comparing the two he points out that CLT is very narrow in its approach, "CLT is the complete answer, If we don't have CLT, then we can't learn a language, No other factors count in learning a language--only teaching methodology, If you don't have CLT, then you are backward."  Context is so important to having a classroom community, a community of learners.  This is an intuitive reaction of good teachers.  I think it is unnatural to not take into account the context in which you are teaching.  They give examples of CLT not working in foreign classrooms. 
Hu also gives this example with Chinese schools.  The context and tradition of the schooling does not quite fit with the principles of CLT.  With the ultimatums that Bax describes, that CLT is the only way to learn language, when actually it is a small portion of language learning.  I believe if CLT was used in a general way or a portion of what is used in a class it could work in other contexts.  But then again Bax finds that "good teachers naturally take account of the context in which they teach."  Is it safe to say that good Chinese teachers that grew up in the context where they are practicing will take context into consideration naturally?  Just as elementary teachers in the United States figure out ways to teach outside of the textbook, even though they are required to, language teachers will use a variety of methods.  Is there such a thing as a teacher teaching with one method?
For me, an English teacher in the US, it helps me know about the contexts the students I have from different countries had in their first country.  Going to Mexico and actually seeing the various types of elementary schools that Mexican students are coming from helped immensely with how I view and will teach my students that are from Mexico.  This was an opportunity that I will never have with other countries.  How do we understand the contexts of education in other countries so that we can incorporate that into our language teaching?