Tab bought in China, Google play not available

I'm currently living in China. My wife bought me a Samgsung tablet as a Christmas present. Even though I have English as a default language, my Galaxy Apps page is in Chinese. The majority of downloads offered on the Chinese Galaxy page look so childish compared to what I see on Google Play.

It also does not have Google Play not installed and despite my best efforts I can't figure out how to install it. Do Tablets sold on China have some sore of built in block to not allow Google Play to be downloaded?

I have a VPN available. so I can get to the "forbidden" websites. Is there any third party site where I can download Google play and get some intelligent software?