@Alexez

You can buy e-scooter with a range of about 75-90 km on one charge now, with speed about 50-60km/h . Reliable brands are TaiLing (台令) or YaDi (雅迪), they also have a good after sales service in Kunming. (i got small repairs for free, even after 3-4 years)

Problem with long-distance is, all brands i know so far sport lead-acid batteries. Those add a lot weight and are far away from controlled Li-Po batteries, but much cheaper. If you really want a long-distance e-scooter, you will have to buy imported scooter. But they will most likely cost more than a nice brand motorbike.

Afaik no license required and i did not heard of insurance for e-scooter yet.
Two people are not allowed on e-scooters (except a kid), despite most of them are two-seaters. But if police stops you and you're with a load of two, they will fine you.

Kindergarten in China 2-6 (includes preschool 4-6). My personal opinion is at 3 years old it's alright going to KG. Before that time the little ones should be with their Mum.

In addition the GFW is targeting and shutting down VPN connections (IPSec VPNs) using auto-learning technique. Hopefully they will end that operations after the big parade, but probably they do because it's a shitload of traffic (money) they produce using that technology. It will also slow down the net, since packets going trough their hands searching for the boogie-man.

@marcuschen: Since you're the law abiding chinese citizen, you should know that private use of a VPN is considered illegal in China. Companies using VPN have to register them with the PSB (Internet Squad). You should add that to your friends thread "How to be careful in China...."

Have fun, but better just within the great chinese intranet!

...and that's where the foreign english teachers could come into effect, teaching the kids some independent thinking.

Oh dude, i would recommend you a good doctor if i had one. Special treatment against paranoia (big-time-version).