This is the guidebook other guidebooks wish they could be. We tell you what's happening right here, right now, all over Beijing, because ... we live here. So do our 40 specialist contributors.

With this book, you'll learn which songs will melt hearts in a Beijing karaoke bar, who has the best deal on antique furniture, how to take your landlord to court, and what Mandarin language program is for you. Along with all this wisdom goes the wit that has become the trademark of the Insider's Guide to Beijing over the years.

Fully updated for the countdown to the 2008 Olympics, crammed with listings of hundreds of shops, bars and restaurants, lavishly illustrated with the work of the Chinese capital’s best photographers, the Insider's Guide to Beijing is indispensable for residents and tourists alike.

Stop looking for the key to the city. You’re holding it in your hand.

Selected press attention:

· Two of our editors contributed to this Guardian (UK) article "Tale of Two Cities" on Beijing and Shanghai

· Review on Beijing-Visitor.com (scroll down to the third entry on the page)

· Mentioned in Danwei.org's China Book Roundup of 2007

· Review in China Daily