Frommer's China

by Jen Lin-Liu, Dinny McMahon, Paul Mooney

Choose the Only Guide That Gives You: Complete coverage of China's top attractions, plus introductions to unique places unknown to other guidebooks.Outspoken opinions on what's worth your time and what's not, written by current and former residents with comprehensive knowledge of the language and culture.Includes establishment names listed in both English and Chinese characters, making it easier for you to get around and find the places you're looking for.Includes detailed Chinese language and menu guides.Our authors, experienced China travelers who've written about the country for years, offer valuable insights and paint a vivid picture of a country that's undergoing one of the most fascinating cultural and economic transformations in history.Download a free companion podcast about traveling in China at Frommers.com

Genres: Travel, China

843 pages, Paperback

First published December 29, 2003

About the author

Jen Lin-Liu is the author of Serve the People: A Stir-Fried Journey Through China and the founder of the cooking school Black Sesame Kitchen in Beijing. She was raised in southern California, graduated from Columbia University, and went to China in 2000 on a Fulbright fellowship. A food critic for Time Out Beijing and the coauthor of Frommer’s Beijing, she has also written for Newsweek, the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Saveur, and Food & Wine.

Reviews

[queqi zhao · Rating 5 out of 5]

Dinny McMahon《China’s Economic Transition》

[Dagezi · Rating 3 out of 5]

Just want to register my utter shock and amazement that Frommers which I always associated with old bloated folks with matching luggage actually substantially out does the competition with this guide. Lodging information is lacking but, hey if this guide has Yushu, Kaiping and a section on covered bridges south of Wenzhou they're doing something right. One surmises that unlike the lp authors some of these folks must actually have flipped through the raft of chinese language travel guides (to "old villages" and the like) that have come out in the last ten years. Brand loyalty is for suckers but hey you all knew that. At least the lp China isn't as bad as some of their European and South American guidebooks which read as if they were written by the let's go party kids without the liberal education/harvard crazy....

[Jack · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book isn't as backpacker-friendly as the Lonely Planet book. It's good for maps and as a supplement, but when you're backpacking, you don't really want to carry around two several-hundred page travel tomes. I've also found some of the suggestions and reviews inaccurate. Stick with Lonely Planet China.

[Andrew Kosztyo · Rating 3 out of 5]

The guide provided comprehensive information, but it wasn't a lot of fun to read