No, no, not 1000 passes. But probably one hundred. The point is, that Chinese stones are like lotery. First stone, blueish, which I bought, was not good. Luckily these stones do not cost much. I purchased another one greyblueish. After lapping it showed much better cutting. Frankly speaking I value this stone much more than 35$, which I paid for it.
There is another thing with stones. I collect razors and stones, from time to time I buy or sell something. When I sell a razor, I sell it well honed. But I'm not professional, I do honing some 25-30 times per year. It's not a problem for me to make 100 passes, I like honing. I'm not a professional honemeister. Those stones, which I have, are much more than I need. I have Escher, thin and not comfortable when I held it. I use it together with strop to maintain razors, which I use for shaving. Last time I notice, that more and more I'm turning to chinese from Escher in honing.