Dear Tom,

Good news: If you have a valid foreign motorcycle license, you'll need only to pass the written exam to get a Chinese license. No need for the dreaded road test, though several members of this forum have shown it can be passed. I think it would be hard to hire a yellow cow to take your written exam as a first-time licensee. This is different to what Felix had to do, and they are pretty strict about this in Shanghai.

Just man up and take the test; it's available in English, and is not particularly difficult, though in many instances you have to suspend logic and just use the answer you learned from the study guides, however nonsensical it may seem. (Yes, I used logic in my first attempted and scored an 89 -- one point shy of passing.)

Have a search through MCM and you'll get all the details you need. You could do worse than starting HERE.

cheers