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Covering everything you need to know about your travel destination including accommodation prices what places to see and how to get there a Lonely Planet travel guide is your must have travel companion.

Lonely Planet China Guidebook Welcome to China vast ambitious proud and transforming like never before.

Speed down alleyways on your Beijing bicycle slurp steaming noodles in the shadow of a Shanghai skyscraper and wake up spellbound to the desert scapes on Xinjiang.

Whether you seek the Terracotta Warriors of ancient Xian or a few moments with the pandas of Chengdu this bestselling guidebook will take you through the heart of China.

China Guidebook Features BE INSPIRED by the wonders of the Middle Kingdom this guide offers the best coverage available from the Great Wall to the high passes of Tibet TALK THE TALK and find what you want with handy Chinese script throughout UNWIND your qi in the most chic hostels guesthouses and hotels CONNECT with the real China scintillating History and Culture chapters FIND IT YOURSELF with 261 easytouse maps Product Details Country China Edition 10th edition/2007 Paperback Book Genre Travel ISBN 9781740599153