So wait a second - let me see if I'm understanding this right. The Chinese government allows dragons freedoms to make their own choices, to have their own jobs and get paid for it but they won't allow Temeraire (I had to double check that spelling three times to make sure I had it right) to decide where he wants to live? What the hell?
Either they view dragons as beings that can make choices or as some type of property they can own. They can't have it both ways which is how it looks to me from what you said. I could be wrong because I don't know all the politics and everything but...