We are all here to share our experience and learn from our collective wisdom. It is up to the individual to decide what action they should take and be responsible for their own action.
IMHO Sharing experience is much encouraged but telling others to take certain risks is dangerous. At least, there is the moral responsibility.
I have been touring China since the early 90s. I am a HK Chinese and speak the langauge. I now ride a Chinese made JH600 with all legal document required. I am having a blast.
Last month, I did a 3 weeks tour of Yunnan and I got stopped by police road blocks just to check my papers 5 times. One of which, I have to go to the police station in the middle of the night and they checked everything using the centralised computer system, including engine no. and frame no. Everything was done very professionally and the officer even apologised for the inconvenience caused. I heard one week ago 5 bikes passing the same road block, 3 were detented for 7 days due to lack of papers and paid hefty fines. They are the locals and had 'connections'.
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