A fun life-journal piece from the Christian Science Monitor about getting a driver’s license for a foreigner:
The Chinese authorities make it both easy and hard to get a license. Easy, because if you already have a foreign license, you don’t have to take the practical test and also (and this is a BIG easy) they don’t make you take the theory test in Chinese.
Hard, because some of the questions you have to be able to answer do not come out of any highway code book I had ever come across before I bought my copy of “Road Traffic Safety Rules and Regulations and Related Knowledge, Exam Reference Material” for about $20.
“What should a driver do when he needs to spit while driving?
A. Spit through the window.
B. Spit into a piece of waste paper, then put it into a garbage can.
C. Spit on the floor of the vehicle. [Full Text]
