The $23000RMB is monthly pay that is included all allowance. The sichuan airlines did recruited some retried taiwan airforce as FO on their A320 fleet. I 've also heard that some private airlines also recruit the overseas chinese.
The five exams are Basic English, Aviation English, CPL, IR and ATPL. all questions are multiple-choice. CPL , IR and some of the questions in ATPL are in chinese. I don't think you would have any problem in passing these exams since most of the questions are copied from FAA test prep.
