Beijing, Day Zero
A First-Timer's Guide to the Walls You'll Actually Hit
A first-timer's guide to Beijing, built around the walls visitors actually hit: the paperwork at the border, a city that runs on phone payments, apps you can't reach from home, sights that must be booked a week ahead, subway exits, and menus.
Each chapter explains what stands in the way and how to get past it, then tells the story behind the sights, with the facts checked for travel in 2026 and 2027.
Editions
English (US)Beijing, Day Zero
English (UK)Beijing, Day Zero
DeutschPeking, Tag null
FrançaisPékin, jour zéro
EspañolPekín, día cero
ItalianoPechino, giorno zero
PortuguêsPequim, dia zero
NederlandsPeking, dag nul
PolskiPekin, dzień zero
РусскийПекин, день нулевой
한국어베이징, 0일 차
日本語北京ゼロ日目
ไทยปักกิ่ง วันที่ศูนย์
Tiếng ViệtBắc Kinh, ngày số 0
العربيةبكين، اليوم صفر
About the Author
Kevin Gu was born in 1977 in Anqing, in China's Anhui province, where he grew up, and has since worked in Chengdu, Fuzhou, Suzhou, Shenzhen and Shanghai. He now lives in Jiaxing, in Zhejiang province.
He is a shareware developer and a freelance writer. This book grew out of a local's knowledge and experience of the country, and was written with the help of online information and AI tools, which were also used to translate it into its other editions.