I'm surprised that copies of the CAAC rules are not available to him, and that his Chief Pilot is unwilling/unable to answer the questions when there is confusion...
Also 'unable' to ask anyone in the airline's management or training structure..
A CP in Asia spent some time trying to explain how you set Turbulence N1. His answer, "Find an airspeed that gives you the desired Turbulence N1, and that's how you set it."
I guess he had Chief Pilot Infallibility, so he must have been right. Who would I be to question that?
There were also plenty of regs and memos that were only in the local language. Or so we were told. Again, who was I to question that?