Dear Lao Jia Huo,

Thanks for what sounds like an authoritative analysis of plating in Beijing -- authoritative until it changes, that is.

Another question: Where can I ride my 沪A plate in Beijing? Am a considered completely unwelcome, or will my plate be considered equivalent to a 京A plate? I wasn't stopped at all when I rode in town last summer, though I didn't go blazing down Chang'an Jie or through T-Square...

cheers