Big cities have provisions for training and testing on a motorcycle, which takes less time and expense than the Full Monty for cars. Come test time, you have to demonstrate basic maneuvers. I recommend switching to another epic ZMC888 thread, Getting a Chinese Motorcycle License, which I believe includes details of the process in both Shanghai and Beijing, and perhaps other places, for riders who lack a valid overseas driver's license. There may be other threads as well; try advanced search.

cheers!