Lonely Planet China
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List Price: $31.99
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Manufacturer: Lonely Planet Publications
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Binding: Paperback
Brand: Sheila Shine
Dewey Decimal Number: 915.1046
EAN: 9781740599153
ISBN: 1740599152
Label: Lonely Planet Publications
Manufacturer: Lonely Planet Publications
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 1028
Publication Date: 2007-05
Publisher: Lonely Planet Publications
Studio: Lonely Planet Publications
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Editorial Reviews:
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Walk the watchtowers at Badaling, where President Nixon once said, 'this is a great wall,' p. 163
Knock back a shot of Confucius baijiu firewater in Qufu, hometown of the sage, p. 218
Find out how a local farmer first uncovered the Army of Terracotta Warriors, p. 428
Perfect your Monkey Offers Peach strike at Wudang Shan, birthplace of taichi, p. 481
12 authors and 483 days of in-country research
special coverage of pristine Ming and Qing dynasty villages for the first time in English
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Summary: LOnely planet China book
Comment: Good historical information as well as maps, etc. Good overall information about the new China
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Summary: Useful, but very weak on Western China (10th ed.)
Comment: Although the 10th Edition provides useful information, I found its coverage of Western China extremely dated. Indeed, the information was so stale that a resident expat in Kashgar questioned whether LP visited Xinjinag prior to releasing the new edition.
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Summary: Did the authors actually go?
Comment: I used this book only in Beijing and Shanghai, so I can only vouch for those two sections. The maps of Beijing were great, when they were there. Because the book appears not to have been copy edited, there are lots of references to more detailed maps there are not actually in the book.
Also, the Beijing section doesn't include some of the most interesting areas for tourists to visit. It seems like someone just did a google search on Beijing and listed the first few things that come up, regardless of their interest or relevance to tourists. A major park walking distance to the forbidden city surrounded by cafes, museums and excellent souvenir shops is simply not listed.
Shanghai was a little better.
It is a good book for dreaming though. I am keeping my copy so I can plan ahead for next trip. Before I actually go though I will be buying a different book.
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Summary: China travel help
Comment: We are independent travelers who usually travel with Lonely Planet. China is changing so fast it is hard to keep any guide up to date, but the travel and site information here was generally accurate and very helpful. I was disapointed in some of the restaurant recomendations.
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Summary: Death by Lonely Planet
Comment: An exceptional travel guide. Do not count on the prices being accurate but the big picture is spot on.
There are two problems with the Lonely Planet guide: it is too heavy for a traveler; it is on the banned books list in China (but my copy was not taken in my last two trips).
Death by Lonely Planet refers to guiding thousands of tourists to a once untouched spot. The Lonely Planet guide is a blessing and a curse.
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