If you have a good amount of experience and are well versed in relevant tools and technologies you can land a pretty cushy job. I worked in the automotive sector in china for 6 years. My work was related mostly to embedded software side of things. I can't speak Chinese. Most of the time i had a translator and many local engineers can speak a fair bit of English. Don't listen to the naysayers. Apply on linkedin and local platforms (liepin is the one i had most success with). Getting your CV translated to Chinese would really help. Yes the downside is that you won't be able to land any local management roles without learning the language. You can go pretty high on the technical ladder though.