How about this scenario?
A pilot of Chinese origin with a PPL or CPL, private hires an aircraft from an establishment.
The pilot advertises the flight on social media and websites in China. The flight experience consists of a 20 minute flight to an airport with a restaurant onsite. The passengers are dressed in airline captain 👨✈️ 👩✈️ clothing and Ray-ban sunglasses and fed a large meal of the local cuisine. They then return to origin in the same aircraft.
The pilot accepts remuneration for the flight into their Chinese bank account.