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Ideal itinerariesand top travel tips in a pocket-sized package. Now with free eBook, and apull-out map.Plan your trip, planperfect days and discover how to get around - this Insight Guides pocket-sizedbook is a convenient, quick-reference companion to discovering what to do andsee in Hong Kong, from top attractions like Victoria Peak, to hidden gems,including Cheung Chau. * Compact,concise, and packed with essential information about Where to Go and What Do,this is an ideal on-the-move com...

The brand new "Step by Step Shanghai" is a stylish, full-colour travel guide that helps you discover the best of this mesmerising city through a selection of walks and tours, encompassing all of the must-see sights and complemented by beautiful photography, an authoritative narrative voice and a wealth of practical information. It features: recommended tours, suggesting the book's best tours whatever your interests - the city's distinctive neighbourhoods, rich history, dramatic views and excitin...

A brand new series from "Insight" brings you the "Smart Guide" for smart travellers. The unique and innovative A-Z format of "Smart Guides" allows you to plan your trip according to your own personal taste. Themed headings cover over 400 amazing things to see and do from architecture, bars, cafes, churches, fashion, history, hotels, museums, nightlife, restaurants, shopping, theater and much more for a truly tailor-made, individual travel experience. Area overviews conveniently highlight the bes...

Dieppe, the Battle of Hong Kong, the Mora River Campaign, the Invasion of Normandy, the Siege of Dunkirk, -- battles not as distant as we may think. The constant gunfire, the whistle of bombs, the hiss of gas, the cold, the wet, the fear, the loneliness, and the anguish of losing friends and colleagues. Outside of the military, no one can quite imagine how the soldiers endured all of this. But endure they did. Canadians fought on several fronts during World War II, proving the mettle of soldiers...

Four thousand kilometers from Beijing, and over one thousand five hundred kilometers from the regional capital Urumqi, Kashgar is one of the most remote cities in the world. But until the early twentieth century it was known as the 'pivot' of central Asia, a key cog in the 'great game', and before that one of the principal way stations on the Silk Road. Today it remains one of the most complete historical urban centers in China and its celebrated Sunday Market is one of the most vibrant in centr...

Inspired by representations in popular culture that engender fantasies of the exotic, these tourists, Western and Chinese, journey to Dali, Yunnan, in search of an imagined place where they can indulge their craving for authenticity, display their status in the present, and act out their nostalgia for the past. Based on more than a decade of ethnographic research, Beth Notar explores struggles over place as people in Dali attempt to represent their historical identity and define their future.

This guide to Shanghai lists the newest, best restaurants, clubs, and shops, hand-picked by Shanghai resident, Damian Harper. It also features Eating listings and a mouth-watering food chapter. Chinese script accompanies all city maps.

Hong Kong is perched on the fault line between China and the West, a Special Administrative Region of the PRC. Leo Ou-fan Lee offers an insider's view of Hong Kong, capturing the history and culture that make his densely packed home city so different from its generic neighbors. The search for an indigenous Hong Kong takes Lee to the wet markets and corner bookshops of congested Mong Kok, remote fishing villages and mountainside temples, teahouses and noodle stalls, Cantonese opera and Cantopop....

This is a guide to some of Asia's most 'happening' cities, and what to do there after dark. There are tips on where to eat, what food is available, and how to order, as well as information on where to stay whether your travelling on business or backpacking around. It also features a language section.