I know its off topic but theres nothing stopping a local HK chinese person going off spending a fortune to do all his licences, waiting in GA for 8 years on no pay, the comuters for 2 years on almost no pay and then apply as a DE SO. With no gaurentee of being accepted at the end of it.
I suppose there are many ways to look at it. For your average person living in HK (over half the cadets have never lived overseas), there is no such thing as a job in General Aviation, because there really isn't any. So for most, their only chance is to immigrate and move abroad, which does not happen with the flick of a lightswitch.
Competition in GA is fierce enough, and I've seen firsthand that a) women now get hired over men, and b) white guys get hired over everyone else. It doesn't apply everywhere, but I reckon that, for a local Chinese to crack it in the aviation industry, there really isn't such a thing as a fair shake.