Hi Mr Green,
AJ is absolutely right about his facts.
Only stick hrs are recorded as actual hrs in China. We operates 3 pilots crew. For a 12 hrs flight time, you would clock 8 hrs. To clock 500 PIC hrs to be marketable to Korean Air, you need about 1.5 years. You would have no other options, as you will need to pay 1.9 million if you want to join another B744 operations in China.
Your reduced pay would have compensated for the type-rating cost by then.
Genghis