Your home license is in fact an Australian provisional? That means you are restricted under the LAMS scheme? In my view an Australian car license and provisional motorcycle license have given you far more training than any Chinese motorcycle license ever could.

I still find it remarkable the level of importance that the Chinese govt put on their driving license's worthiness. It's so corrupt that you can buy one for a few thousand and pass any portion for a few hundred. In fact if I was in the government of another country I'd make Indians, Chinese and people from a few other countries that have corrupt license systems and poor standards do a 'certificate of competence test' before they are even allowed to drive on the road at all.
.......consists of filling out a form, reading a couple of letters off a distance chart, giving your height and ensuring you're not colourblind .
Colorblind? I never understood this....if it is OK to drive in Europe with colorblindness why is it suddenly not OK in China? What does China know from its 'indcredibly high standards' [sarc] of driving that the rest of the world hasn't figured out? Not that anyone colorblind would ever be prevented from getting a license as I'm sure it's a 10-100 RMB 'look the other way' payment. It just undermines the importance of having good distance vision.