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Books : Frommer's China (Frommer's Complete)In association with Amazon.comby: Simon Foster, Jen Lin-Liu, Sharon Owyang, Sherisse Pham, Beth Reiber, Lee Wing-sze, Christoper Winnan  List Price: $24.99 Amazon.com's Price: $16.49 You Save: $8.50 (34%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 915 EAN: 9780470181843 ISBN: 0470181842 Label: Frommers Manufacturer: Frommers Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 896 Publication Date: March 31, 2008 Publisher: Frommers Studio: Frommers Sales Rank: 275692 Related Items:
Editorial Review: Product Description: Frommer's. The best trips start here. Experience a place the way the locals do. Enjoy the best it has to offer.
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 Rating:  - Don't BotherWe just returned from a month in China and needless to say we shipped this book back stateside. Very disapointed in it Was more like reading some other persons vacation instead of giving helpful tips of where to go and what to see. Rating: - Disappointing second editionThis 2006 second edition follows the first edition of two years earlier. Some of the detailed listings (including such things as hotel tariffs and phone numbers) have changed, a very few towns or attractions have been added or deleted, and a four-page introductory chapter, What's New in China has been added listing some of the few changes. The revision can scarcely be described as thorough. The remark that Chinese currency is "not easily obtainable overseas" has not been true generally ... Read More Rating: - Jaded; sarcastic; superficial, and inaccurateI might give Frommer's 3 stars for quantity of content, but when I compare what they've written with the places I'm familiar with (and I've been in China over 20 years), I find their negative, jaded slant puts such a spin on some places that they are unrecognizable. For example, Frommer's online description of Xiamen reads: "Much of the island is a hideous white-tiled wasteland to match anything else in China, but even so, the odd turret and spire reflect the city's pride in its stock of original ... Read More Rating:  - Over 800 pages, but still too thin!Frommer's "China Complete" tries hard to include a lot of information, but there's just not enough room in "only" 800 pages to pack it all in. Let's face it, China is too big a country to be covered adequately by an all-in-one guidebook. I'd definitely go for more specialized, regional and city, guidebooks whenever you can find them. For something more inclusive, though, I can suggest two possibilities, especially for first-timers: (1) "Frommer's China: The 50 Most Memorable Trips" and (2) "The Eyewitness ... Read More Rating:  - A userful guide with some shortcomingsTo begin with, readers should know that this guide was severly pared down, which explains why there are so few budget hotels and budget restaurants listed. Many section writers knew plenty of cheaper hotels and restaurants, but due to space limitations the decision was made by the publisher to list only the upper-level accomodations. This is partly because Frommer's really isn't geared towards the budget traveller. The Beijing section is excellent, and you should go with their recommendation of staying at ... Read More Browse for similar items by category:
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