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Experienced and first-time travelers alike rely on Fodor's Gold Guides for rich, reliable coverage the world over. Completely up-to-date, Fodor's Gold Guides are essential for any kind of traveler.

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Local experts show you all the things to see and do — from top sights to off-the-beaten-path adventures,from sports to shopping, from nightlife to recommended walks.

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Get the most out of your trip by packing Fodor's Gold Guides, a series of comprehensive, well-organized guides that cover a traveler's every need. Each Gold Guide includes a full-size map, suggested itineraries for short or extended stays, exciting walking tours, and hundreds of choices for hotels, restaurants, shops, and activities. The expert tips found in the extensive planning section in the front of each guide are second to none and cover everything from choosing the right time to visit your destination to booking your flight and packing. Fodor's Gold Guides series focuses on major destinations all over the world and features especially well-written guides on the Caribbean and Europe.

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780679003953
  • Publisher: Fodor's Travel Publications, Inc.
  • Publication date: 4/28/2000
  • Edition number: 2
  • Pages: 576
  • Series: Fodor's Travel Guides Series
  • Product dimensions: 5.12 (w) x 9.02 (h) x 1.11 (d)

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Destination: China

The third-largest country in the world, holding the world's largest population, China is chiefly challenged by questions of cohesiveness -- how to bring a country speaking hundreds of different dialects together under one rule. Beginning with the Zhou dynasty (1100 bc - 771 bc), Chinese governors held the country together not only by force but by claiming a heaven-sent legitimacy known as the Mandate of Heaven. The mandate was a convenient claim of legitimacy, as anyone who led a successful rebellion could assert his victory was predicated upon the support of the gods. The traditional belief was that heaven would demonstrate disapproval of evil rulers through natural disasters like droughts and earthquakes, disease, and floods.

On a visit to China, often the best moments are the ones you invent on your own, not what the hotel or CITS recommends. In this way you can enjoy China's hidden secrets -- nature walks, bustling markets, small villages. Of course, the consequence of making up your own itinerary is having to traverse a very cryptic and archaic route, one where the roads may not be paved, the train does not show up, hotels are not where they are supposed to be, and People's Liberation Army officers creep out of nowhere. There is little peace, little comfort, and incredible markups for foreigners. It's best to keep an open mind and an adventurous spirit.

Bicycling

Most cities and popular tourist towns offer bicycle rentals for an average of a dollar a day. Mounting a Flying Pigeon and cruising down wide, tree-shaded bike lanes is an experience not to be missed.

Dining

Dining in Chinais best enjoyed in large groups so you can sample a variety of dishes. Usually the menus are divided into appetizers, meats, vegetables, seafood, soups, and so on. It's best to order from each category so you dine in true Chinese style- -- dishes at your elbows, across the table, in front of you, stacked up, and sometimes even on the ledge behind to make room for the next round. Although each province, indeed each city, in China has a distinctive way of cooking and eating, there are generally four regional categories of food found across the country: Northern, or Mandarin, Southern, or Cantonese, Eastern, most notably Shanghainese, and the spiciest of the four categories, Sichuan.

Teahouses

Along West Lake in Hangzhou, inside Chengdu's parks, on the fourth floor of a department store, on cobblestone streets, in subway stations, and along China's many rivers -- teahouses are to China as cafés are to France. Relax, chat, and meditate over a pot of Oolong while sampling dried fruit snacks.

Wandering

Wandering and sometimes getting lost in China will reveal an inner logic to the city or town you are visiting. Here is where you get to experience China without a frame of propaganda around it. Encounter charming alleyways that twist behind major streets, hidden outdoor markets, friendly, responsive locals gesturing unintelligible messages, dramatic shifts from poverty to riches, and wild displays of the new and the old.



Table of Contents

Contents
On the Road with Fodor's
Don't Forget to Write
Smart Travel Tips A to Z
Destination: China
China's Dance
New and Noteworthy
What's Where
Pleasures and Pastimes
Fodor's Choice
Festivals and Seasonal Events
Beijing
Northeastern China
Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning
North Central China
Hebei, Tianjin, Shanxi, Henan, Shandong
Northwestern China
Shaanxi, Ningxia, Gansu, Qinghai, Xinjiang
Shanghai
Eastern China
Jiangsu, Anhui, Zhejiang, Fujian, Jiangxi
Southeastern China
Guangdong, Guangzhou (Canton), Hainan Island
Hong Kong
Hong Kong, Macau
South Central China
Hubei, Hunan, Guangxi, Guizhou
Southwestern China
Yunnan, Sichuan, Yangzi River
Inner Mongolia and the Republic of Mongolia
Nei Mongolia (Inner Mongolia), Mongolia
Side Trip to Tibet
Portraits of China
China at a Glance: A Chronology
Understanding the Visual Arts in China
Doing Business in China
Books and Films
Chinese Place Names
Chinese Vocabulary
Index
Maps


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