Top 10 Guide to Beijing Sights (THE INTERNATIONALIST)

by Li Sun, Yi Yang, Serena Hao Pan

Overview

Welcome to Beijing.

Beijing is one of the oldest and most interesting capitals in the world. A trip to Beijing is a trip to the ancient past but it is also a trip into the future. In Beijing the ancient and the modern live side-by-side with the traditional Chinese culture blending with the new global Chinese outlook.

There is much to see in Beijing but also much that can be missed. The Top Ten Guide to Beijing makes sure you see and experience the very best of the city. Authors Li Sun, Yi Yang and Serena Hao Pan know the city intimately; they have grown up, gone to school and worked in Beijing. These authors bring a broad perspective that covers not only the quite pleasures of Beijing but also the excitement of a major cosmopolitan city.

Whether you are visiting for a few days or a few weeks, THE TOP
TEN GUIDE TO BEIJING lets you focus on the best of everything so that your experience in Beijing is a rich and rewarding one.

THE TOP TEN TRAVEL GUIDES are designed to meet the needs of today’s sophisticated travelers. They highlight the best the world has to offer. They are available for other cities of the world.

Best wishes for an exciting visit to Beijing.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940014405997
Publisher:	The Internationalist
Publication date:	05/09/2012
Series:	Top 10 Guides
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	602 KB

About the Author

Li Sun grew up in Beijing, was educated at the University of International Business and Economics in Beijing and was a manager for the China International Trust and Investment Corporation in the city. She knows Beijing from both a student and business perspective. Li has had extensive experience guiding visiting business executives through the best of Beijing, the best restaurants, hotels and historic sites. Through the Top Ten Guide to Beijing Li captures the excitement and highlights of this dynamic city assuring the reader that they will experience the best of traditional and contemporary Beijing.

Yi Yang taught English to Chinese students and Chinese to English-speaking students at Tsinghua University in Beijing. She knows the language and culture of Beijing intimately, which is unique within China. Through the Top Ten Guide to Beijing Yi brings to life the subtleties of traditional Beijing culture, the dynamics of the new Beijing and the essential high points for any visit. Yi assures readers that their visit to Beijing will be one of language and culture as well and sights and sounds, the very best of Beijing.

Serena Hao Pan was born in Beijing in a traditional Manchu family. She was educated at Renmin University of China in Beijing and worked as a manager for China International Capital Corporation in the heart of Beijing. Few people know Beijing as well as Serena. As a ballet dancer and lover of the arts, Serena knows the best of traditional and contemporary performing arts in Beijing.