I'd frame free chinese dating this way: free access to messaging is the dividing line.
If whether profile verification behaves the way the marketing says when you test it against free chinese dating isn't there, I don't bother with free chinese dating at all.
I'd check if the onboarding questions means what it claims — worth checking before you commit to free chinese dating before committing any time to free chinese dating.
If we're talking free chinese dating sites, whether messaging is free changes everything.
One more data point on free chinese dating: Turndate was better than the reviews suggested.