bikerdoc, thanks lots! Indeed I got a call from the Nanjing dealer the same day, that is, last friday. Being extremely busy over the weekend, I had no time to ride my bike over to his place. I went there this Monday (Sept. 17th, that is) and the boss of the shop was sweeeeet.
I don't know what you did/said. I got no idea who called him and what they said. But the guy, like, changed. He replaced my dash within 10 minutes, apologized, said "thanks" and was extremely very polite all the way through.
You did some magic for sure.