The contemporary Atlas of China is a great place to go to find quick answers to all questions regarding China. The pictures and art work are excellent and there is just enough text to inform you about China, without over doing it and boring you. My kids loved using this resource because it provided conscise answers to their many questions - we continue to use this book to help better understand current events in China. This is much better than any encyclopedia or any flashy web page because you can pull it off the shelf at any time amd quickly get some insight as to why the Chinese gov't or people may be doing something that we in the U.S. don't understand.