Does anyone really know CAAC's true air safety record ?
Information prior to 1968 is pretty much non-existent. Since then a quick look at
http://aviation-safety.net/database/index.html yields the following hull losses for CAAC (all directorates). Not all involved fatalities.
Trident 6
An24 5
IL-14 2
IL-18, IL-62 and S360 1 each.
Lengthy research via 'spotter' sites containing aircraft type histories might bring some more to light, but I doubt the 20 years preceding 1968 were any safer.