How far is this area from the area where the expat bars and restaurants are, for example, Chapter One?

Guandu District
Yunxiu Campus
China 650220

pretty far, but manageable if you're not traveling during rush hr and if you're patient=). you can google/baidu map it. j.map.baidu.com/a2bkf i'm not sure where in guandu yunxiu campus is, but from wenlinjie (the expat area) to the closest part of guandu is 8km which is about 30+min without traffic (which rarely happens in km) by car and ~1hr by bus.

far enough to be troublesome. certainly not crawling distance

Ok thanks. 8km is not that bad in Beijing distance though.

I would times a Kunming distance by 4 to get the equivalent in Beijing distance