From CNN, according to a letter from an unconfirmed source it seems...
Chinese pilots demand same pay as foreigners - CNN.com
Many things to be said, for sure. In one way, it may seem unfair, at least to the guys with lower pay (Chinese in this case). But is it, really?
The great majority of Chinese pilots have had their entire training paid for by the airline, from their very first flight hour, and they never have to worry of finding a job after getting their license. They do not have to expatriate themselves to work, away from friends, family, and known surroundings, in a country that speaks little or none of their native language.
The sad thing is that some Chinese pilots do take their grief on board and are resentful of the expat pilots. The foreign crew operating in China only take a high paying job that was offered by the airlines.
"[Foreign pilots] do not have a higher skill or standard compared to us, and are not able to enhance the overall technical skill of the airline," says the letter, claiming foreign pilots enjoy more days off, easier flight routes and much larger salaries than their Chinese counterparts.
"The sense of superiority in the bones of white people, plus unfair payments, has made the relationship between Chinese and foreign pilots intense, extremely unhelpful to cockpit management and will eventually threaten flight safety," says the letter, which has since mostly disappeared from Chinese news and social media web sites.
It seems so far that the travelling industry is growing faster in this part of the world than the capacity for Chinese airlines to train their own crew; many Chinese nationals are sent abroad (US, Canada, France and others) to get their initial training, so it seems the training resources in China itself are limited to say the least.
I am not sure the article is an exact reflection of the reality, some expats here would think otherwise, but it touches on some points worth considering.