Im an Aussie living in Thailand, and recently rode my Thai registered bike through Laos into China and through China to Shangri-La, that said, I have done Laos before solo, but riding into China I did with a Thai group because of the hastles with riding China solo. The group had a support vehicle, which had a local guide with us the whole time.
I have also heard the same issues with riding into Vietnam. One solution can sometimes be if you can find a local group that is doing the ride, say through China, join them but only one way.
This is the Thai group I went with.
https://www.facebook.com/Biz-Rider-1441353862768791/
I can empathise with you, Myanmar, Vietnam and China really all land lock Asia for overland riding, and even coming into Thailand now has had restrictions put onto it due to the Chinese coming here for holidays and leaving Chinese registered vehicles in Thailand until their next visit.
I would dearly love to be able to ride into China, or west through Myanmar through to India and onwards but these countires make it difficult.
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