Part of the Travel section of A Better Guide to Běijīng’s Practical A–Z
For full details of airport services including shopping, dining, train tickets, and wi-fi see Getting Away.
Despite the manic driving, travelling by taxi in Běijīng is safe, inexpensive, and convenient when done with intelligence. Select your taxi according to the following recommendations…
Some bus routes have prefixes and suffixes in Chinese characters. Occasionally, and mostly on out-of-town trips, there may be more than one bus with the same number, and then it’s important to…