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Say goodbye to bulky guidebooks. Zhao Cards are city guides made up of 99 detachable pocket-sized cards and a weather-proof map – you can carry the whole pack or simply unclip the sections you need for the day. Each self-contained card tells you all you need to know about a sight, restaurant, shop, bar, or place to go out. The front lists essential information like the address, phone, website, opening hours, and how to get there, including Chinese-language instructi… More >>
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In this follow-up to Visiting China’s Past, Professor Robert Thorp offers a guided tour of historic Beijing. Beginning with early cities that preceded the modern capital, the author introduces Dadu, established by Khubilai Khan in 1267 and known to Marco Polo as Cambaluc. This guide’s focus, however, is the great architectural monuments of the Ming and Qing dynasties (ca. 1421-1912). Altogether, thirty-two sites are explored in detail: the city’s walls and gates; th… More >>
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Offbeat Guides creates personalized, up-to-date travel guides that cover over 30,000 travel destinations worldwide using a combination of search technology and curation by both amateur and professional travel experts…. More >>
