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“The Insider‘s Guide to Beijing rates as one of the best, new, imaginative and informative guidebooks in a long time.”
—South China Morning Post
“The Insider‘s Guide to Beijing is the guide book every long-term laowai [foreigner] wishes was around when they came to Beijing, and the one anyone new to the city will come to rely on as their Beijing Bible.”
—Beijing Today
“Whether you plan to move to the Middle Kingdom, want to make the most of a weekend getaway or simply impress dinner guests with your knowledge, then you should seek out this book … [its] scope is much wider than that of Lonely Planet, Rough Guide, et al.”
—Hong Kong Standard Weekend

This is the guidebook other 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 the work of the Chinese capital’s best photographers, the Insider’s Guide to Beijing is indispensable for residents and tourists alike.

Stop looking for the key to the city. You’re holding it in your hand.

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