Books and a bit more serious reading

• Global Studies: China By Professor Zhiqun Zhu of Bucknell University that discusses how we study abroad in China. The book contains culture, history, and facts about China. Available from Amazon:
  http://www.amazon.com/Global-Studies-China-Zhiqun-Zhu/dp/0078026199/ref=dp_ob_title_bk

• Lonely Planet's Section on China Lonely Planet is a collection of books about various places. This one is about China. Some introductory materials are online.
  http://www.lonelyplanet.com/china

• A group of Harvard's China scholars discuss Chinese nationalism. http://www.jameslavin.com/articles/2010/02/23/harvards-china-scholars-on-chinese-nationalism/

• Country Driving -- A journey through China from farm to factory by Peter Hessler. This is a book about experiences in China written by the author who lived in and travelled through China extensively. http://www.harpercollins.com/books/Country-Driving-Peter-Hessler/?isbn=9780061804090

• China Road by Rob Gifford who was a Beijing correspondent of National Public Radio. The book is a record of his accounts of travel through a cross-country highway. http://robgifford.com/

Quick travel and culture advice:

• U.S. State Department travel website: http://travel.state.gov/

• CIA fact book about China: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ch.html

• A collection of information about China: http://chinatravelgo.com/

• Some culture and custom differences between China and the west: http://chinatravelgo.com/east-vs-west-a-guide-to-chinese-culture/

• More facts and customs of China: http://www.kwintessential.co.uk/resources/global-etiquette/china-country-profile.html

• Some travel information about China: http://www.travelchinaguide.com/intro/

• Wikipedia description of China: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China

The cities we will be visiting

• Shanghai: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shanghai

• Nanjing: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanjing

• Beijing: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beijing

• Xi'an: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xi%27an

• Chengdu: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chengdu

• Chongqing: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chongqing

• Yichang: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yichang