Book description
Frommer's China
guides you to the highlights of this vast and varied land, and includes
our authors' insider advice on the best experiences, from hiking through
some of the most spectacular scenery on the planet to visiting
traditional imperial sights.
- Our expert authors, longtime residents in and frequent travelers
to China, share their candid opinions on what's worth your time and
what's not.
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Frommer's China takes you from the Great Wall, to the
terracotta warriors of Xi'an; from hidden Buddhist caves along the
Silk Road to mystical mountains in the East. Plus, you'll have
everything you need to enjoy a cosmopolitan adventure in Beijing,
Shanghai, and Hong Kong.
- Learn strategies for when to travel independently and when to
travel with a tour group. Our extensive transportation information
and author recommendations help get you off the beaten path.
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Detailed maps have Chinese characters, pinyin spelling, and
English; and supplemental chapters list translations of hotels,
restaurants, and points of interest.
- Readers also get etiquette tips, exact prices and directions,
logistical advice, and much more.
Simon Foster
was born in London and grew up in rural Yorkshire. He started work as a
tour leader in the Middle East in 1997 and was then posted to India and
China. He has contributed to numerous international guidebooks and
magazines, and now lives in sunny southern Taiwan with his wife,
daughter, and dog. When he's not writing, Simon leads adventure tours
for Bamboo Trails (www. bambootrails. com) and Grasshopper Adventures
(www. grasshopperadventures. com) in China, Taiwan, the Philippines, and India.
Candice Lee has lived in Beijing for the past 5 years and has
worked as a manager and cooking instructor at Black Sesame Kitchen for
3 years with previous experience working with HIV/AIDS, research, and
event managing. She explores, eats, and scrappily finds her way
through as many new places as possible (usually by bicycle).
Jen Lin-Liu is the author of Serve the People: A Stir-Fried
Journey Through China (Harcourt, 2008) and a forthcoming book
about the food of the Silk Road (Riverhead Press). She lives in
Beijing and has written about food, culture, and travel for a wide
range of international publications.
Beth Reiber spent hours pouring over her grandparents' latest
National Geographic magazines. After living four years in
Germany as a university student and then as a freelance travel writer
selling to major U. S. newspapers like the Los Angeles Times
and Washington Post, followed by a stint in Tokyo as editor of
the Far East Traveler, she authored several Frommer's guides,
including Frommer's Japan, Frommer's Tokyo and Frommer's
Hong Kong.
Tini Tran has spent nearly two decades as a reporter in the
United States and overseas. She is a veteran foreign correspondent who
has traveled extensively throughout Asia and parts of the Middle East
on assignment, reporting from Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iraq, among
other countries. She has been based in China since 2008, most recently
working for the Associated Press. She was chosen as a Nieman Fellow at
Harvard University from 2006-2007. Prior to that, she served as the
Vietnam bureau chief for The AP. Born in Saigon, she returned to her
homeland in 1999 to become the first Vietnamese-American allowed to
join the foreign press corps.
Lee Wing-sze is a freelance writer, translator, and avid
traveler who hails from Hong Kong where she has been witness to the
economic and ideologic impact of China on the East-meets-West city
since the 1997 handover. Music and basketball are her passion, but her
dream is to step foot in every country on the earth, all the while
bumping into people of different colors and collecting their
compelling life stories.
Christopher D. Winnan's love/hate relationship with the
continent currently known as China has lasted more than a decade. Last
year he bought a retirement house in Thailand, but even that cannot
seem to keep him away from China, and he is currently residing in
Dali, Yunnan Province.
