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China (Country Guide) |  | Author: Damian Harper
Brand: Lonely Planet
Category: Book
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Rating:  27 reviews
Sales Rank: 4638
Media: Paperback
Edition: 11th Revised edition
Pages: 1032
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.8
Dimensions (in): 7.7 x 5.1 x 1.7
MPN: PRD_2181
ISBN: 1741048664
Dewey Decimal Number: 915.1046
EAN: 9781741048667
ASIN: 1741048664
Publication Date: May 1, 2009
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Product Description
China is changing at the speed of light - and now, in this cusp between centuries of tradition and almost time-lapse development, is the time to see it.
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 27
 Fine, No Problem, What More Could You Want? October 25, 2007
T. Parfitt (Taipei, Taiwan)
11 out of 13 found this review helpful
I spent over over two months traveling around China and this is the book that I took with me. Besides the fact that the map at the front isn't very good and that in a couple of remote places (the North Korean border town of Dandong, for example) the street maps weren't entirely accurate (a problem in China given that local people usually don't even know the name of the street on which they work) I found this to be a great book. Really. It was fine. It did the trick. No problems. I subjected it to quite a lot of wear and tear and it's still togther and looking good. I cannot, for the life of me, understand some of the negative reviews here.
One says there's no Chinese in the book. I'm looking at the Chinese in the book right now. In addition to place names, food items, and so on and so forth, there's an entire section of it for pity's sake (although, to be fair, it has been cleverly disguised as "Languages"). Another critic claims that the volume doesn't contain any useful travel information, a kind of miracle when you consider that it's nearly a 1000 pages long and positively teeming with the sections 'Sights,' 'Sleeping,' 'Getting There and Away,' 'Getting Around,' 'To and from the airport,' 'Maps,' etc.
Despite the LP formula, quality can vary from writer to writer and book to book and some writers are bent on plugging the hum drum (lest the potential buyer think the country is rubbish and return the book to its spot on the shelf), but not in this case. Perhaps there are a few minor glitches here and there but in a tome of this size there are bound to be. Basically, you arrive at a place, check into a recommended hotel, take a look at the 'Sights' section and off you go. Book your onward ticket from your hotel's in-house travel agency, which is easy to find as it's usually the same counter or the one next to your hotel's in-house "massage center."
One more thing: if you are using this guide book in China, you may want to consider tearing out the map in the front. I ran into three people who had their Lonely Planets confiscated by officials because it didn't include Taiwan. Each person was given a little geography lesson before having their (rather expensive) book taken away from them ("Do you see this troublesome little island here? The one with more than a thousand missiles aimed at it? To whom does it belong?"). The reason why this can be problematic is that you rarely see English travel guides (even second hand ones) in China, except for major cities like Shanghai and Beijing. I ran into a nice Danish couple who had their Lonely Planet taken away and hence they had to waste valuable time searching around for a new one. It was their first time to China and they hadn't the faintest idea as to where or what Taiwan was. But, of course, they do now. No matter which book you decide on, enjoy your travels in China. It's certainly a fascinating place.
Troy Parfitt, author
Death by Lonely Planet January 20, 2008
S. Hammill (Eureka, Mt United States)
7 out of 10 found this review helpful
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.
Best guide book for China November 9, 2007
Traveling Reader
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
I spent a month in China with this guide book. The city maps were not great, but they were the best maps I found in any guide book. When I got back from my trip, someone gave me a hilarious new novel that takes place in China -"Sweet and Sour July"- about a group of tourists making their way from Hong Kong to Beijing and seeing everything in between. I highly recommend both of these books if you are planning a trip to China.
LOnely planet China book October 13, 2008
Elizabeth A. Hupp (WV, USA)
Good historical information as well as maps, etc. Good overall information about the new China
Woo Hoo December 12, 2008
Sara R. Bennett (Magnolia, OH)
The Lonely Planet series never disappoints. It always has great information and tips that really help out. I like how honest the writers are about both the positive and negative aspects of the places they are reviewing. When travelling the books become my number 1 resource.
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