I have lived in China a total of 8 years, and the bike situation there is not good. As a visitor you can not buy a bke or get license. An international license in not valid. To buy a bike or get a license you need a residence permit. The alternative is to bring in your own bike through a tour company that will arrange for you to get a temp. license (which you can do alone without official help). Traveling in and trying to buy there is not an option. If someone else has don so and knows a way then good luck.
Within China some citys are now baning motorcycles completely or severly limiting there use, Guangzhou (Canton) is the first to ban then, Shanghai and Beijing restrict their use, others also have followed but I don't know the details. All in all considering that the Chinese are becoming a mojor manufacturer of bikes they are not very bike freindly.
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