Wingunder;
I wholeheartedly agree with your assessment of the crap that goes on in the US (my country BTW), but the Chinese do the same thing only a bit different. They band together in an angry mob, and demand compensation right then and there, on your aircraft. If they see it is a foreign Captain, the price doubles. you have to call security to get them off the aircraft. Ask me how I know this
God only knows what went on in this actual incident. The western press is bad enough. The Chinese press? Give me a break. For all we will ever know it was the ATC that screwed up, but thank god it was Qatar Airways, and a foreign captain at Juneyao. The Chinese can make up any crap story they want, blame everyone else, and come out looking good. This is typical "saving face", on a national level.