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Originally Posted by Laura73
It took 18 months of my life, and much, much effort to get the deal we got. It was seriousness and perseverance that paid off but somehow some people think it is now served on a silver platter for all to enjoy. I worked my rear end off and anyone who wants to follow suit will have to do the same for quite some time to come,
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Congratulations, you mostly got to understand the system and inner workings, so true and very well said and written, China has many little kingdoms (provinces, counties, villages, towns, cities, domestic province & international border crossing, offices, departments, representatives, etc... etc...) and they all make up rules and regulations as they dream them up on the day. Certain things might work on specific days but the next day or a week later a different person is in-charge and has his own idea and agenda or has no clue at all what's going on....
One big major China hurdle is dealing with anybody and anything ~ the so called "face-matter" as they will never freely admit they did not know or are not aware of rules and regulations and any updates / changes, they rather say "banned, impossible, new government regulations". Best example, asking anyone for simple directions - they point in all possible directions to not admit they actually don't know in the first place.....
Mainland China is a very fascinating and very diverse country with great riding areas and destinations as long the routes go away from the coastal areas and big overpopulated cities.
Another one of my favourite China sayings = It’s easier to ask for forgiveness than it is to get permission.
Side-note: I know the feeling about emails and enquiries concerning China travels, ain't my business and got no affiliations with any tour company or travel agent, pretty good at getting things done myself over in the Middle Kingdom for some years...
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Somewhere down the road in China since '89 ~ along the route I've learned the hard way that pleasing everyone is impossible, but pissing everybody off is a piece of cake....TBR
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