IMO, if you just need those Chinese channels for parents and don't wanna further development on it, go with the simple way, a 33" dish + Linear LNB (For 121W) + Viewsat or Sonicview FTA Receiver.
If you wanna more options for future, you really need to go through FTA Posts on Chinasmile, which I don't think you have too much time to work on it right now, right?