📖 China: Pocket Guide

Berlitz Pocket Guide China is the ultimate handy guide to this fascinating destination, with 256 pages combining authoritative narrative detail and stunning colour photography. The book begins with two inspirational features: a rundown of China's Top 10 Attractions, followed by a suggested 14-day itinerary around the country. An introduction to China, giving you background information on its complex culture, rapidly changing society, geography and climate, is followed by a concise history, including a quick-reference Historical Landmarks timeline. Throughout the guide, colour feature boxes brief you on points of historical and cultural interest. The main section of the book is the Where to Go chapter, which tells you everything you need to know about China's sights and attractions. Organised geographically, it begins in Beijing and covers each area of the vast country in turn, from the frigid northeast, through the northern heartlands to the Yellow and Yangzi rivers, the amazing city...