I agree there is no GA in China, but isn't that why they send their cadets to the US for flight training. Every FO I have met there did their flight training in the US. There is no way that they will ever be able to run their industry without Expats unless they stop their growth. With the stupid medicals that now the experienced national Captains are failing, because they are getting older, prevents any real experience from staying in the airline. Everyone of the instructors I met medical-ed out.
The best part is they are starting to see that there needs to be change to support their industry. It might take 5-10 years for the change to happen or it could be very little time, but when it does maybe some of the operational headaches might be smoothed over.
Now to control that pollution....