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Recommended Travel Guides for China  

Top-30 Travel Guides /* (Click to buy at Amazon.com)

Lonely Planet: Shanghai. 2nd Ed. 2004 (Bradley Mayhew)

Very good

Insight Guides: Insight City Guide Beijing. 5th Ed. 2005 (Brian Bell)

Magazine style

Lonely Planet: Best of Shanghai. 3rd Ed. 2006 (Damian Harper)

Basic

National Geographic Traveler: Taiwan. 2004 (Damian Harper)

Pretty photos. Poor maps.

Rough Guides: The Rough Guide to China. 4th Ed. 2005 (David Leffman et al.)

Let's Go: Travel Guide China. 5th Ed. 2004 (Let's Go Inc.)

Needs updating

Fodor's: Beijing & Shanghai. 1st Ed. 2005 (E. Morgen / D. Kaufman)

Portable format.

Culture Shock! China: A Guide to Customs & Etiquette. 2002 (Kevin Sinclair / Iris Wong Po-Yee)

Frommer's: China: The 50 Most Memorable Trips. 3rd Ed. 2003 (J. D. Brown)

Needs update

Shanghai Business Travel Guide 2006 (Lawrence F. Deangelo)

e-Book!

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