Time Out Shanghai (Time Out Guides)

Shanghai is in the throes of a rapid metamorphosis as itconstructs and remodels for the Expo 2010. Written by journalists who live in Shanghai, this guide takes visitors past the tourist traps to the best, moststylish buys in bijou boutiques, big-name designer outposts, and teeming street markets. The Times (London) picked the previous edition as the best guidebook to Shanghai, and this edition improves it with expanded information on where to stay and eat a must with scores of new hotels and restaurants opening.