Im happy you eventually made it to China - it's a beautiful country One thing to remember, go through the process of figuring out your compensation, but don't give it the "power" to take away from a trip that took you two years to save up.
Think of it as a "hiccup" you had on your way to China and NOT the China trip with huge incident that took away from any beauty on a vacation you saved two years for.
I'm not saying you are, but when I read, "rubbing salt into our wounds" - you are allowing China Southern to do the rubbing.
UG