Fodor's Exploring China (Fodor's Exploring China)
by Christopher Knowles
The Rough Guide to Beijing (Travel Guide) (Rough Guides)
by Rough Guides
The Rough Guide to Beijing is the ultimate travel guide to China's remarkable capital city. From the majestic Forbidden City and maze-like hutong alleys to gorgeous lake-filled parks and the exquisite Summer Palace, this vibrant book - packed full of stunning photography and clear, colour-coded maps - reveals the city's best sights and attractions. And if you fancy taking a trip outside of Beijing, you'll be pointed in the right direction: incredible treks around the Great Wall, ancient villages...
Planning a trip to China and don't know where to go? Have no idea where to start this trip in this wonderful country your about to see? Your going to be one of China's 56 million visitors this year? Should you stay in the city or outside the city? You for sure don't want to miss seeing the forbidden city! How about the Great Wall Of China? How about what to buy in China? Shopping? Want to know where you can bargain shop? And what to buy?
A Lady's Captivity Among Chinese Pirates, Tr. by A.B. Edwards
by Fanny Loviot
Top 10 Hong Kong. DK Eyewitness Top 10 Travel Guides.
by Mike Gerrard and Liam FitzPatrick
In Join the Revolution, Comrade, Charles Foran brings to the essay form the same restlessness and originality that mark his novels and non-fiction. Foran visits places in Vietnam that have been 'colonized' by western war films, talks to Shanghai residents about their colossal city and commiserates with the people of Bali about the effects of terrorist bombs on their island. In Beijing he looks up old friends he had known back in 1989 during the days before and after the June 4th massacre. "Join...
'Losing a child is like having an elephant on your back. A burden so great you don't think you will be able to bear it.' In 1994 Frances McKay's world was tipped upside down with the accidental death of her daughter Helen. Three years later, Frances signed up to teach conversational English to students in China. And so began her ten year tumultuous love affair with China. In China she found difficulties, frustration, hilarity, friendship, and was touched by the kindness of strangers. Ultimately...
Written from the perspective of a native, this handbook presents the scenic and history-laden paths of Shanghai while revealing its people's character as well as the grand and gaudy landmarks.