Ill try and see if I can find a public link but according to an email I recieved today, Air China have re-applied for 4 weekly MAN-PEK flights with the rights for onward flights to another EU destination (unspecified in the email). The slots are for winter 2014.
I say re-applied as they previously held the rights for 7 weekly MAN-PEK flights.
Obviously could mean nothing as slots are requested and unused all the time, but its progress!