On the road
By Chitralekha Basu | China Daily | Updated: 2009-11-04 08:30
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Author Simon Lewis in Beijing, 15-years after he started researching for Rough Guide to China, a travel book helping visitors navigate both the simple and complicated paths of China. Jonah M. Kessel |
Before the first Rough Guide to China was published in 1996, tourist manuals conformed to the Chinese adage: "Visit the temples during day, go to sleep at night." But Simon Lewis, one of the three authors commissioned to research and write the first edition, did not buy the idea that tourists came to China only to have a look at mountains, palaces and the Great Wall.
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