Well in the apparent simplest form the Chinese ATC understood the request from Qatar, issued appropriate ATC instructions to the locals .... and the locals told ATC to "f**k off".
Either the local ATC will win this and sort it out - or the local airlines will be allowed to control the airspace as their own, in which case why waste money on ATC??
Why not just a free for all, first in best dressed and...well a few collisions, people die but .... such is the price for progress??