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This Rough Guide to China is one of a new generation of informative andeasy-to-use travel-guide ebooks that guarantees you make the most of yourtrip. An essential tool for pre-trip planning, it also makes a great travelcompanion when youre on the road.
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Detailed area maps feature in the guide chaptersand are also listed in the , accessible from the table of contents. Depending on yourhardware, you can double-tap on the maps to see larger-scale versions, orselect different scales. There are also thumbnails below more detailed maps in these cases, you can opt to zoom left/top or zoom right/bottom orview the full map. The screen-lock function on your device is recommendedwhen viewing enlarged maps. Make sure you have the latest software updates,too.
Throughout the guide, weve flagged up ourfavourite places - a perfectly sited hotel, an atmospheric caf, a specialrestaurant - with the author pick icon . You can selectyour own favourites and create a personalized itinerary by bookmarking thesights, venues and activities that are of interest, giving you the quickestpossible access to everything youll need for your time away.
Please note, this book displays place names and words in Chinese characters alongside their phonetic translations. These characters may not display correctly on some e-readers.
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Weve gone to a lot of effort to ensure that the seventh edition of The Rough Guide to China is accurate and up-to-date.However, things change places get "discovered", opening hours are notoriouslyfickle, restaurants and rooms raise prices or lower standards. If you feel wevegot it wrong or left something out, wed like to know, and if you can rememberthe address, the price, the hours, the phone number, so much the better.
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Readers updates
Thanks to all the readers who have taken the time to write in with commentsand suggestions (and apologies if weve inadvertently omitted or misspeltanyones name):
Allan Dreyer Andersen; Mark & Lynn Davis; Erin Henshaw; Jendra Jarnagin;Joanne Opthof; Joan Redemer; Steinar Saethre.
Acknowledgements
Simon Foster: Thanks to Steven Huang; Judy Wang; RoseXiaomo; Christine, Tot, Sasha & Molly.
Jo James: In the field, my thanks go to Ablikim inKhotan, Evan and Loja in Xiahe, the Apudis and their teapot at Lake Karakul,Weili and his truck in Kashgar, Wumarjan in Chechen, and the bus drivers ofNorthwest China. Behind the scenes, many thanks to Olga and David; and to Jerry,with love wherever I am.
David Leffman: Special thanks to Narrell, James Lucas,CS Tang, Olga, Anthony Liu, Osmond Lam, Samuel, Phillip, Pete Spurrier and allwho fed, watered, punched and otherwise kept me busy in Hong Kong.
Simon Lewis would like to thank Kat, Mayguli, Zoe,Mark, Chris, Xiao Song, Xiao Shan, Wang Bin and Du.
Mark South: Family South, David L, Simon L, Martin Z,Hsuan-Fen, Sarah, Chih Hsing, Ravia, Nikki, Siobhan, David Niven, Andy Jones,George and all at BRC.
Charles Young: Thanks to Simon, Keith and David at RG,Al, Gina, Geoff and Janice in HK, and Qing Qing in China.
Martin Zatko: I would like to thank Jee Young Lee forbeing a great travel partner for much of his time in China, and for getting overa baptism of fire (theft of brand-new phone on first day; being attacked by afalling glass case three days later) in an admirable manner. Thanks, too, toEivind Hestetun Thomassen for all of his help in Beijing: font of knowledge,supplier of snus, occasional taxi service and fun drinking buddy, all in one.Honourable mentions also for the Harmony, Tian Yuan Kui and Jings Residenceteams in Pingyao; Pru Goudie at On The Go Tours for welcome assistance withaccommodation; and the excellent chefs, and friendly waitresses, at literallyhundreds of restaurants across the land.