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Danefag here. I went to China on the transsiberian for 4 months earlier this year. I needed 3 visas (one for Russia, Mongolia, and China) which you get at their respective embassies _before_ you go there and _after_ you have booked your tickets.
Getting around in China is not that difficult. I know a bit of Chinese (numbers, how much, ...is where?, etc.), but I met many backpackers who didn't speak any Chinese whatsoever. Everything you need (including explanatory notes for taxis) you can get at the excellent and cheap hostels all over China. You cannot travel to small cities though, as no people speak English there (meaning NONE at all, practically no one speaks English in the big cities either) and the signs will all be in Chinese and ONLY in Chinese.
For Tibet you need to be part of a travel group. When I was there, most people arranged to go to Tibet in Chengdu where companies offers pro forma tours to the region (i.e. you can split from your travel group after you get in).
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