CA were initially expected to start operating the route mid-2016, but obviously politics had prevented the airline from announcing the proposed 4 weekly service from MAN-PVG.
I must say it will be interesting to see what transpires over the next few months to see whether a third or even fourth long-haul addition it added to the MAN network. If anything, I would say the most likely third haul link could be HU- CAN, TG- BKK, and/or BBC- ZYL/DAC.