Table of Contents

BACKGROUND: Ever Changing China; Facts; Nature; Population, Politics, Economy; History; Prehistory and Early Historical Period; The First Empire and its Fall; Second Empire; The Rise of the Steppe Peoples; The Beijing Era;From the Opium Wars to Chairman Mao; The Peoples Republic of China; Art and Culture; Architecture; 3D: Timber Frame Construction; Garden Palaces and the Art of Gardening; Ink Painting; Writing as an Art Form; Modern Art; Theatre and Opera; Buddhism; Gautama and the Ten Thousand Buddhas; Taoism; Confucianism and the Cult of the State; Famous People. PRACTICALITIES: Accommodation; Arrival, Before the Journey; Children in China; Electricity; Emergency calls; Etiquette and Customs; Festivals, Holidays, Events, Food and Drink; Health; Herbs, Qi and a Long Life; Information; Language and Writing; Literatur; Media; Money; Personal Safety; Post, Telecommunications; Prices; Shopping, Souvenirs; Sport and Outdoors; Time; Tipping; Transport; Travellers with Disabilities; Weights and Measures; When to Go. TOURS: Tours through China; Travelling in China; Tour 1: Traditional Highlights; Tour 2: Alternative Highlights; Tour 3: The Silk Road; Tour 4: Back to Chinas Roots; Tour 5: Tibet. SIGHTS FROM A to Z: Beijing; 3D: Imperial Palace; Courtyard Houses and Hutongs; Changbai Shan; Changsha; Chengde; 3D: Puning Si Monastery; Chengdu; Chongqing; Dali; Datong; Dazu; Dunhuang; The Hidden Library; Emei Shan; Guangzhou; Guilin; Hangzhou; Harbin; Hohhot; Hongkong; 3D: Skyline of Hong Kong Island; No Room for Sentiment; Huang Shan; Huanglong, Jiuzhaigou; Jiayuguan; Kashgar; Kunming; Kuqa; Lanzhou; Leshan; Lijiang; The Bus to Shangri-La; Luoyang; Macau; Nanchang; Nanjing; Ningbo; Putuo Shan; Qingdao; Quanzhou; Qufu; Sanya; Shanghai; Shenyang; Suzhou; Tai Shan, Taian; Taiyuan; The Great Walls of China; Tianjin; Tibet; 3D: Potala Palace; Turfan; A rumqi; Wudang Shan; Wuhan; Wulingyuan; Wutai Shan; Wuyi Shan; Xiamen; Xian; 3D: Terracotta Army; Xishuangbanna; Yangtze Gorges; Yangzhou. Chinese Names for Asking Directions; Chinese Phrasebook. Glossary; Index; List of Maps and Illustrations; Photo Credits; Publishers Information.

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