Jen Lin-Liu is a food and travel writer based in Beijing and Cambridge, MA. She is the author of Serve the People: A Stir-Fried Journey Through China and the founder of the cooking school Black Sesame Kitchen in Beijing. Sherisse Pham was a Beijing-based freelance journalist for over four years, but recently relocated to New York to study journalism at Columbia University. She has contributed to several Frommer's guides and has written for WWD, The South China Morning Post, People Magazine, CNN.com, and Zagat Survey among others. She hopes to return to Asia to continue reporting upon graduation.

LIST OF MAPS. 1 THE BEST OF BEIJIN. 2 BEIJING IN DEPTH. 3 PLANNING YOUR TRIP TO BEIJING. 4 SUGGESTED ITINERARIES. 5 WHERE TO STAY. 6 WHERE TO DINE. 7 EXPLORING BEIJING. 8 BEIJING STROLLS. 9 SHOPPING. 10 BEIJING AFTER DARK. 11 THE GREAT WALL & OTHER SIDE TRIPS. 12 FAST FACTS. 13 THE CHINESE LANGUAGE. 14 THE BEIJING MENU. INDEX.