Basically a travel book written in the 80's. Pretty much outdated if you are looking for current travel information. In this book there was still only one airline in China, few hotels and you had to use special foreigners money instead of RMB. The book does give a brief history of the country and goes over things like art, language, religion and food. All this information is usually in the newer books also so I would recommend skipping this book altogether and finding something current. ( )