author: MobileReference asin: B0015YER22 binding: Kindle Edition list price: $19.99 USD amazon price: $9.99 USD

An illustrated city guide, phrasebook, and maps. Indulge Yourself with a personal tour guide on Your PDA. FREE General chapter, basic phrasebook, and a map in the trial version. Features

• Fully illustrated.
• Historical overviews.
• Interesting facts.
• Street Map, Transportation Maps, and more.
• Museums hours and tickets info.
• Navigate from Table of Contents or search for the words or phrases.
• Access the guide anytime, anywhere - at home, on the train, in the subway, during a flight.
• Add Bookmarks
• Text annotation and mark-up
• Automatic synchronization between the handheld and the desktop PC. You could read half of the book on the handheld, then finish reading on the desktop. Annotations and drawings are also synchronized.

Table of Contents

General: About | Name | Economy | Demographics | Climate | History | Politics | Sleep | Cope | Stay Safe

Maps: China | Central Beijing | Districts | Forbidden City | Subway | Olympic Venues | Fortifications | Great Wall

Phrasebooks: About | Mandarin Chinese: Intro | Phraselist | Cantonese Chinese

Transport: Get in | Get around | Roads | Railway | Air | Subway

By Area: Geography | City Layout | Streets & Squares | Great Wall of China | Get out

Attractions: Buy | Do | Guilty Chinese Scholartree | Amusement parks | Aquarium | Zoo

Culture: Overview | Architecture | Music Venues | Peking Man | Lao Zihao | Education

Landmarks: Overview | Museums | Buildings & Structures | Parks & Gardens | Forbidden City | Great Wall of China

2008 Summer Olympics: Overview | Venues | Marketing | Sports | Calendar

Eat & Drink: Drink | Eat | Cuisine

China: Intro | Get in | Get around | Do & See | Eat & Drink | Buy | Talk | Respect | Stay healthy | Contact