China (Kína) - Lonely Planet

880 g/db

12th Edition
Published May 20011

1048 pp / 32 pp colour / 172 maps
Next edition due: May 2013

China is changing at the speed of light - and now, in this cusp between centuries of tradition and almost time-lapse development, is the time to see it. Sip cocktails in the sleek bars of Shanghai, trek Tibet's holy Mt Kailash or explore water villages and ancient towns.

Hotel and hostel addresses provided in Chinese script so you can show taxi drivers where you need to go
Courses in cooking, martial arts, and traditional Chinese medicine
History chapter written by award-winning Oxford academic
Full-colour itineraries chapter
Green-friendly listings personally identified by authors