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The Rough Guide to China (Rough Guide Travel Guides) (Paperback)

by David Leffman (Author), Simon Lewis (Author), Rough Guides (Author)
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  • Paperback: 1232 pages
  • Publisher: Rough Guides; 5 edition (1 April 2008)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1843538725
  • ISBN-13: 978-1843538721
  • Product Dimensions: 20 x 13 x 4.2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 8,434 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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    #7 in  Books > Travel & Holiday > Countries & Regions > Asia > China
    #63 in  Books > Travel & Holiday > Guidebook Series > Rough Guide
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The Rough Guide to China is the definitive guidebook to one of the world’s most fascinating and rapidly changing travel destinations. The full-colour introduction gives an inspiring insight into many of China’s highlights, from the awesome scenery down the Yangzi River to the incredible Great Buddha at Leshan and the lavish Confucius Temple. Read expert background on everything from the treasures of the Forbidden City to the Buddhist art of the Mogao Caves as well as comprehensive information on China's history, politics, cultures and peoples. This fully- updated fifth edition includes an extended chapter on Shanghai and new colour inserts throughout allowing you to chose where to go and what to see, inspired by over 150 photos. Rely on our selection of the best places to stay and eat, for every budget with place names, accommodation and restaurants invaluably translated into Chinese script. Featuring over 140 detailed maps plus vital Chinese characters, this indispensable guide takes you from cutting-edge clubs in Shanghai to holy mountains in Tibet and from ancient temples to gleaming new skyscrapers. Make the most of your time with The Rough Guide to China

About the Author
David Leffman is an established Rough Guide author and inveterate traveller with a long history of visiting China. Simon Lewis first visited China in 1993 where he studied Mandarin Chinese, after working as a barman, teacher and life model in Hong Kong.

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3.0 out of 5 stars worth taking along, but consider the lonely planet if on a budget, 20 Oct 2008
By vanquish "tuscan440" (plymouth, england) - See all my reviews
i hired out both this and the lonely planet from the local library before buying and decided on the rough guide as i prefered the writing style, which seemed to make it a lot more readable and less factual than the lonely planet.

however once using it i found that it was wrong on a couple of occasions (with trains and comments on an attraction)and that it didnt list anywhere near enough hostels. having had the lonely planet (2006 version) for south east asia which i travelled just before china, i found it a lot more helpful as a backpacker on a budget. and didnt fill the book with hotels and resteraunts way out of the average travellers budget unlike the rough guide.

now this is NOT to say that the lonely planet is perfect as you soon find that these guide books really are to be used loosely, but on several occasions i found myself with other people trying to suss out a hostel or a route and those with lonely planets always seemed to come up with more useful information or better recommendations.

it was still useful at times and i totally recommend a guide book for china but the popular lonely planet is probably your best choice. however they tend to make their listed hostels pretty packed, so i recommend picking up a hostelling international leaflet that lists all of them in China, this proved to be a lot more accesible and suggested some hostels that didnt have that 'lonely planet route' feel to it! (you should be able to pick them up in any hostelling international accreddited hostel or just use the website)

hope this helps
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars So-so and a bit out-dated, 20 Mar 2009
Bought as originally planning a trip to Beijing, Shanghai and Xi'an and needed a guide covering them all. This was more up-to-date than the Lonely Planet in terms of when it was published. HOWEVER, I agree with the previous reviewer that having now seen the Lonely Planet guide the Rough Guide is lacking in some areas. Number one is that it doesn't list the written chinese name next to the English - rather it groups 'useful' Chinese place names together...this doesn't bother me too much now reading the book on my sofa but it will bother me when I'm in China trying to get somewhere listed in English on p.10 but the written Chinese is on 'useful' page 18 (and knowing that I'll never find the page needed when I need it)...Lonely Planet and Dorling Kindersley both have the Chinese and English next to each other - in my opinion this is preferable.
Second - again, agreeing with reviewer above - there is a lot of 'background' which is interesting but there seems almost more background and history than practical suggestions for food/accommodation. I'm looking to use the Rough Guide more as a cultural read and pick up something else for the practicalities. Sadly as almost all were written pre-Olympics I'm not sure which to go for. I think Dorling Kindersley are bringing out a new one end of July 2009 so may wait for that. Although I usually think they just have pretty pictures and little substance the pictures could be useful if English/Mandarin fails (!)...and it will be recent - BEWARE the Rough Guide has a very old metro map for Beijing which will be totally useless now (it doesn't have any of the lines added for the Olympics!!).
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