The Insider's Guide to Beijing 2005-2006 is the perfect guidebook for readers seeking an insider's perspective on the hyperkinetic Chinese capital. Written by over 30 long-term Beijing residents and produced by the people behind that's Beijing, the city's leading English language magazine, this 704-page book will delight gourmands, night owls and shopaholics alike with its listings of over 180 restaurants, 130 bars and 300 shops. Aimed at residents as well as visitors, the book offers in-depth coverage of such topics as housing, art, business, education and, of course, sightseeing. A trove of information, the Insider's Guide to Beijing 2005-2006 is also a pleasure to read thanks to its 650 photographs and 120 sidebar articles that provide a richly detailed, well-informed and often humorous portrait of this fascinating city. It is a must for anyone seeking to get the most out of life in Beijing.

The Insider's Guide to Beijing 2005-2006

Travel

Adam Pillsbury (Editor)

Asia

True Run Media

There are guidebooks and then there's the Insider's Guide to Beijing. This is a guide that punches through the tourist facade of this mighty city and tells you where real Beijingers like to eat, sleep, study, party, work, primp and play. Whether you are a current or future Beijing resident or just a visitor looking for something deeper than your average tourist guidebook, the Insider's Guide to Beijing will tell you what you really want to know. Fully re-written and updated for 2007, this guide taps into the aggregate knowledge of over 40 Beijing-based writers.

Insider's Guide to Beijing 2007

Editor)

Adam Pillsbury

<p>The Ultimate Beijing Phrasebook! What's the word for basil in Mandarin? How do you tell your Beijing landlord to fix a leaky pipe? What Chinese characters should you write on a missing pet flyer? Find out in Immersion Guides' Mandarin Phrasebook, the companion volume to the popular Insider's Guide to Beijing, and the only English-Mandarin phrasebook to address the specific language needs of Beijing's foreign residents and visitors. Packed with essential phrases, vocabulary and Beijing slang, this indispensable book gives you the confidence to communicate effectively in a wide range of situations, from ordering a meal and bargaining in the markets to renting an apartment and interviewing an ayi. Informative, funny and easy to use, the Mandarin Phrasebook will help you get the best deals -- and deal out the best quips.</p>

Immersion Guides' Mandarin Phrasebook (English and Chinese Edition)

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16 million people. 35 photographers. One extraordinary night. From dusk to dawn on August 8-9 2007, exactly one year before the start of the 2008 Olympic Games, 35 of Beijing's most talented photographers fanned out across the city. Their mission: To create a composite portrait of the buzzing metropolis and its incomparable residents. Collected in this handsome book, their photographs capture the beauty, energy, faces, and fleeting possibilities of one night in Beijing: from the official 'festival of jubilation' in Tian'anmen Square to a gathering in an old courtyard home, and from late night in a tattoo parlor to breakfast in a Buddhist nunnery. From place to place, moment to moment, photographer to photographer immerse yourself in the colors, character and élan of One Night in Beijing.

One Night in Beijing (English and Chinese Edition)

Immersion Guides

This is the Beijing guidebook other Beijing guidebooks wish they could be. We tell you what's happening right here, right now, all over Beijing, because ... we live here. So do our 40 specialist contributors. With this book, you'll learn which songs will melt hearts in a Beijing karaoke bar, who has the best deal on antique furniture, how to take your landlord to court, and what Mandarin language program is for you. Along with all this wisdom goes the wit that has become the trademark of the Insider's Guide to Beijing over the years. Fully updated for the countdown to the 2008 Olympics, crammed with listings of hundreds of shops, bars and restaurants, lavishly illustrated with more than 750 full color photos by the capital city's best photographers, the Insider's Guide to Beijing is indispensable for residents and tourists alike. This edition also comes packaged with an up-to-date, fully bilingual pullout map of Beijing and its Olympic venues, printed on waterproof, tear-resistant paper stock. Stop looking for the key to the city. You are holding it in your hand.

Insider's Guide to Beijing 2008

Here it is: the indispensible post Olympics guide, a certified gold medal winner! No other guide like the Insiders Guide to Beijing is fully updated every year and written by a team of people who live in China's capital and love it. This gives the Guide accuracy and currency that no ordinary tourist guidebook can equal, and makes it indispensable for resident and visitor alike. Now in its fifth annual edition, the 620-page Insiders Guide covers every aspect of life in the capital. Its crammed with practical advice on everything from housing and health to transport, work and education. It digs deep into Beijings vibrant arts and culture scene, and is simply unmatched in its coverage of nightlife and music.The Guides trademark is the quality of its writing and photography. Its celebrated sidebars feature Beijings best journalists and freelance writers, bringing depth, insight and humor to the Guide, and making it an instant hit from its very first edition in 2004.In the Fifth Edition:There are well over 60 new articles and sidebars, covering everything from the best Beijing fiction to the truth about the weasels that (really do!) roam the hutongs of the capital after dark.All core content has been fully revised after the Olympics. A whirlwind of change swept through Beijing ahead of the 2008 Games: only the Insiders Guide kept pace, and now presents the full post-Games picture.The Guides nine detailed color maps have been fully updated and enhanced with location points for over 1500 venues and places of interest.Every listing (hotels, restaurants, galleries, tourist sites, bars, shops, businesses and more) has been individually checked and updated.Inside This BookKey PhrasesStatistically improbable PhrasesCapitalized PhrasesBrowse Sample Pages

Insider's Guide to Beijing 2009 (Fifth Annual Edition) (Chinese Edition) (English and Chinese Edition)

Shelley Jiang

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