China whales don't even have access to Kraken. Kraken doesn't even have BTC/CNY pair.
The best place to buy large quantities of ICN in China is to risk it on Liqui.
Pretty sure Devs are pushing hard for a launch on Chinese exchanges.
I don't think China whales are using Liqui. If they were, daily trading amount of ICN would be much better.
Why so you think Liqui is the best place to buy icn in large quantities in China? Liqui too hasn't got option for trading any fiat.
I don't think it needs any hard work to get icn listed on Chinese exchange. They only need to make a request ( that too optional) to add Iconomi.
As far as I remember, Iconomi team would be providing inbuilt exchange for icn on Iconomi platform. So they may also provide ICN/ CNY pair .