This is a logical fallacy. International sales (VOD, Netflix licenses, Blu-ray) represent profit margin , not just revenue. When you torrent Hi, Mom (which made $800M in China), you are arguably stealing less than torrenting a small indie film, but you are still breaking the law. However, for out-of-print classics from the 1950s where no legal option exists, torrenting becomes a preservation act rather than a theft act.
: These general-purpose public trackers have decent "Foreign" sections where popular Chinese blockbusters are uploaded shortly after their digital release. YYeTs (Zimuzu)
The backbone of Chinese movie torrenting is not a "site" per se, but a network of Fansub groups . Groups like (Now largely defunct/transitioned), F.I.X. , and MTeam release high-quality encodes (1080p/4k) with built-in Chinese and English subtitles.