Fodor's Exploring China, 5th Edition

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Edition: 5th
Format: Trade Paper
Pub. Date: 2005-03-01
Publisher(s): Fodor's
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Summary

Discusses life in China today and as it was, and recommends places to visit, along with hotel, restaurant, and travel information.

Table of Contents

How to use this book 4(5)
Contents pages 5(3)
My China 8(1)
CHINA IS
9(20)
The past
10(2)
Its way of life
12(2)
Communism
14(2)
Making money
16(2)
Peoples
18(2)
Its rural character
20(2)
Street-life
22(2)
Food
24(2)
Its music
26(2)
Its language
28(1)
CHINA WAS
29(19)
Its origins
30(2)
Qin and Han
32(2)
Philosophy
34(2)
Tang and Song
36(2)
The Mongols
38(2)
Ming and Qing
40(2)
Foreign influences
42(2)
Nationalist
44(2)
Dominated by Mao
46(2)
A--Z
48(207)
Beijing
48(32)
A--Z
48(22)
Hotels
70(2)
Food and drink
72(2)
Shopping
74(2)
Entertainment and practical matters
76
Focus On
Old Beijing
58(18)
Peking Opera
76
Cycle ride
From Tiananmen Square
69
Walks
The Forbidden City
52(8)
The Summer Palace
60(20)
The North
80(32)
Focus On
The Yellow River
90(6)
Chinese trains
96(4)
Gong-fu
100(8)
The Terracotta Warriors
108(3)
The Long March
111
Walks
The heart of Qingdao
94(8)
Tianjin's foreign concessions
102(2)
Xi'an
104(8)
The Northeast
112(16)
Focus On
Puyi, the Last Emperor
118(8)
Traditional medicine
126
Walk
Harbin
121(7)
Inner Mongolia and the Silk Road
128(22)
Focus On
Inner Mongolia
134(6)
Ningxia
140(4)
The Silk Road
144(4)
Jade
148(2)
Sichuan and the Tibetan Plateau
150(16)
Focus On
Rare animals
156(8)
Tibetan Buddhism
164(2)
The Yangtze Region
166(34)
Focus On
Silk
182(6)
Pre-1949 Shanghai
188(6)
The Yangtze cruise
194(5)
Chinese gardens
199
Walks
Nanjing
181(5)
The Shanghai Bund and its surroundings
186(4)
Suzhou's gardens and temples
190(10)
South China
200(32)
Focus On
Two systems, one China
214(4)
Porcelain
218(4)
Emigration
222(8)
China's economy
230
Walk
Xiamen: Gulangyu Island
227(5)
The Southwest
232(19)
Focus On
Rice growing
244(4)
Chinese arts
248
Cycle ride
From Guilin to Zhu Shouqian's tomb
239
River cruise
Li River cruise
238(13)
Chronological Chart
251(4)
TRAVEL FACTS
255(20)
Arriving and departing
256(2)
Essential facts
258(2)
Emergencies
260(2)
Getting around
262(3)
Other information
265(3)
Tourist offices
268(2)
Communications
270(1)
Language guide
271(4)
HOTELS AND RESTAURANTS
275(9)
Index 284(4)
Acknowledgements 288

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