I think the newsworthy part of that article - if true - is that China fine ~$4000 for an (alleged) altitude bust and for some radio trouble.
If you think that those two issues alone have caused China to stop Emirates from expanding into China, then you are more naiive than the few posts of yours I bother to pay attention to would lead me to believe.
To me, that article says more about China's attitude to air safety than Emirates' attitude to same, and furthermore trying to link to to Joyce says more about you than anything.