I think that the amount of time that you've spent away from China has allowed you to forget, that Chinese employees do indeed, generally, have to do all kinds of personal favours for their employers if thay want to hold onto their jobs or climb the career ladder.

The other factors that someone like Turnoi who's been out of China for a relatively long time wouldn't be aware of are any significant cultural changes. Personally, I think the pressure on Chinese employees has increased in recent years, hand in hand with the rapid development. Armchair experts at distance could be out of touch re matters like that.