beijing city guide:
Recommended Reading
Traditional medicines on offer in a shop window. © Glenn Beanland Lonely Planet Images
Lonely Planet's guides to Beijing and China contain comprehensive information about Beijing and surrounding areas. Lonely Planet also publishes a very handy, pocket-sized Mandarin Phrasebook.
Peking by Anthony Grey is your standard blockbuster by the author of Saigon.
Letter from Peking by Pearl Buck is a classic novel. Ms Buck lived most of her life in 19th century China, and was a prolific writer.
The Private Life of Chairman Mao by Li Zhisui offers some amazing insights into the hidden world behind the great walls of Zhongnanhai, China's so-called 'new Forbidden City'.
Dragon Lady: The Life and Legend of the Last Empress of China by Sterling Seagrave is the definitive biography of Cixi, who ruled China in the late 19th century. A fascinating read.
Biking Beijing by Diana Kingsbury has a useful selection of self-guided tours around the thoroughfares and back alleys of the capital.
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