Enter Hong Kong and be drawn into a world of searing woks and towering skyscrapers. Escape to a pristine island or the sleepy Portuguese territory of Macau. Or travel up the Pearl River to Guangzhou, bustling pioneer of China's new economic dynamism.

• completely updated, with 50 easy-to-read maps
• hundreds of places to stay for all budgets, from the backpackers' mecca Chungking Mansions to hotels steeped in colonial grandeur
• comprehensive guide to Chinese cuisine
• user-friendly Cantonese, Portuguese and Mandarin language chapter, plus Chinese script
• special colour sections on Hong Kong film and architecture