Dear Lebloche,

Have you connected with the Black Bats club in Shanghai? They're a group of Chinese Changjiangistas who ride everywhere -- including the Africa, the Americas and all over Asia. They did a group ride out of Yunnan into Lao and Vietnam a couple of years ago, and are very schooled on border issues. First guy to talk to is Liu Zhidong, who is probably Black Bats president as well as having the "franchise" for Jialing JH600 warranty service in eastern China.

Here's a post in English about the Black Bats written by our own Nostalgie, who rides a JH600B (sidecar model).

I'll ping you Liu Zhidong's contacts via PM.

Help is on the way.