Title: WARNING!!! DO NOT BUY THIS BOOK!!!
Product review: WARNING!!! DO NOT BUY THIS BOOK!!! I have been a long time user of the previous version of the Lonely Planet phrasebook. It helped me tremendously as I was learning Chinese and living in there at the same time. I was very excited to hear that there was a new version coming out, but then to my disbelief, Lonely Planet decided to invent their own phonetic spelling of chinese words. They are obviously disconnected from their customers. Until they realize that their most dedicated customers are those that are learning Chinese, and that Pinyin is the standard phonetic system for learning Chinese, they should discontinue publishing anything for the China region.
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