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Having been licensed through the normal legal channels in both Beijing and Shanghai, I have a hard time understanding why anyone would think it necessary to sneak down to Haikou and pay an agent 8800...

Just go back with a translator, and agree to take the test in Chinese, with the translator beside you. This used to be standard operating procedure before tests were offered in English and other...

Unless your agent has a "magic touch," do not assume that because they walk you through various offices in Shanghai you'll come out with a license. If your don't have the required validity on your...

Study in advance, using the English question bank (folks are raving about an iPhone app). Just be sure your "translator" knows all the answers too.

Good luck!
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Don't forget also that Hangzhou is a bike ban city, and may refuse to issue motorcycle licenses (C1E or C1D).

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In a small place like that, you should be able to talk your way in with a translator. Be sure you are applying for a license with a motorcycle endorsement, otherwise they will give you the one for a...

Sabine is correct that the C1D is the most comprehensive motorcycle license, as it licenses you to drive a passenger car (C1) and any two- or three-wheel motorcycle, including sidecars. However, I've...

Sorry, jaywidz, but someone has misinformed you. There are plenty of foreigners who arrive in China without a home-country motorcycle license and get one here -- a C1E or a C1D or in rare occasions...

It's not a rumor. It's a fact that's been documented in MCM, probably in this thread. Xian and Wuhan are on that list.

But that's a different issue. Check out the posts earlier in this thread...

Yikes, hate to be bearer of bad news, but by getting the C1 alone you might have bought yourself some additional mafan. In some cities it there is a waiting period of up to a year to change a C1 to...

Welcome to MCM and excellent first post!! Congratulations on the new license. Did you get the C1D or C1E? Any problems with the process?

How about introducing yourself in the Welcome to MCM...

Dear Xiaoyin,

The theoretical test in Shanghai will be administered in English if that's what you want. Prior to 2013, it was available in several other languages too (Japanese, German, French,...

Dear Xiaoyin,

Awesome first post, and welcome to MCM! Looks like you've got the road exam well in hand. As for the theoretical, several members swear by an app called Driving in China that runs on...

OK, my friend who showed me the nicely bound 500 rmb drivers license question bank told me his assistant found it on Taobao using the search phrase 英文交规考试题库2013. Sure enough, this kicks up links (in...

I'll ask him where he got it. Stay tuned.

cheers

The English-language system seems to be fully implemented here in Shanghai. Yesterday I saw an expat thumbing through a thick volume that contained the entire question bank, including the new...

Huh? What on earth does that mean? The only "police permit" I carry when driving in China in/on my own vehicle is a driver's license and vehicle registration.

The Taobao link that I posted back at the beginning of the year is no longer live. It was selling the new question bank in Chinese for 1 RMB as a public service. Shame it's not there any more;...

Dear Golden Boy,

The information you need is in this thread. Just a few days ago TB-Racing posted detailed information. It can be done, and many have done it from scratch. Yes, you have to take a...

Maybe transfer the three bikes slowly, one at a time, or she might get suspicious....

Reminds me of a guy I know who moved to Hawaii with his wife. Over the course of a year, she slowly moved...

Yeah, seems you've got everything in order. If Guilin is allowing other foreigners to register bikes, the transfer should be possible. What was the rationale for registering through a local person?...

Probably easier than a sex change...

If you have legal residency, it's probably doable. However, you may need to show the original fapiao to prove that the girl has title. Does she or you still...

Hot diggity! Congratulations to Fay! And to you both for having the wherewithal to get the January 2013 study guide, which obviously is the key. Others who complained about the new test clearly were...

Feeling your pain! Covering your plate is a 200 RMB fine and points! Riders are getting more sophisticated about how they accomplish this -- letting a rag or a bag strap or other item fall...

Keep your cool, modron. Miracles do happen. And I think if you are really calm, friendly and complimentary toward the improvements in the system, and explain how it's not particularly fair to make...