I think we can say the Hainan news is another duff.
Its interesting the news comes direct from Hainan (a copy of the email can be found on 'the hub routes' twitter), so would be unfair to blame Sarah1991 for the duff info, but, you have to wonder why Hainan are giving out this wrong, and sometimes conflicting information.
I mean, to say a route will be bookable today is quite a confident statement.
Lost in translation perhaps?
What worries me is that from the press releases about MAN's record pax numbers, Beijing seems to have gone from 'announced in the next 3 months' to back in the 'wishlist' pile alongside LAX/BKK/BOM and ICN.