Moleskine has promoted these city notebooks as a "build your own guidebook" product and I will be the first to admit that I didn't really use it for that purpose. I purchased this book because of the maps that come with it. The first 1/8th or so of the book is a well detailed, well organized map of the city and includes a portable subway map. I referenced this map constantly during my time in Bejing. The streets are indexed alphabetically by their Pinyin transliteration but with the Chinese characters included. The key map and the subway map were the two things I looked at the most as they allowed me to easily get my bearings in Beijing
Aside from the maps this is a great little notebook; it fits in your pocket and took all of the abuse I gave it. It has sections you can fill out for places you've visited if you like; I didn't use those as much as the blank, unlined pages that make up the bulk of the notebook. If you're spending any amount of time in Beijing I would highly recommend it.