Chapter I: Novelties in the Reform Era / 1
Ration Coupons Gone / 2
Mother Sends Me 50 Kilos of Cabbages / 10
Panic Buying of "Reduced-Price Goods" / 14
"If Only We Won't Lose for Purchase of U.S. Treasury Debt!" / 19
Giant Panda Shy on Beijing Bus / 25
The "Magic" Kettle / 30
The Story of a Shopping Street in Beijing / 34
Chapter II: Changes in Cities and Countryside / 39
The Story of "China's Silicon Valley" / 40
Disappearance of Hutongs / 48
Smog and Dead Fish / 59
On the Road / 67
"Traveling a Thousand Miles to Return the Same Day" / 77
Volunteers in a Poverty-Stricken Area / 88
Nongmingong in Cities / 94
Premier Presses for Payment of Wages for Peasant Woman / 103
Chapter III: Changes in People's Thinking / 109
My University / 110
Beauty Contest Called Off / 121
First Test Tube Baby on the Chinese Mainland / 126
PKU Wall Pulled Down, Rebuilt / 131
Ups and Downs of China's Film Industry / 136
My Cameras / 145
"Have You Posted Some Weibo?" / 152
Chapter IV: China Closer to the World / 161
Western Fast Food vs. Chinese Fast Food – No Winner, No Loser / 162
World Conference on Women & Shanghai World Expo / 168
Hong Kong Welcomed Back / 177
For Entry of WTO: Bilateral Talks with U.S. / 187
Auctioning of Zodiac Animal Heads: Eye Witness' Account / 197
Olympics Bids: Failure and Success / 204
Chapter V: History in My Eyes / 213
Deng: "I'm Son of the Chinese People" / 214
1998 Floods: "Pincer Attack" on China / 224
National Day Military Parades / 233
2003: SARS Onslaught / 244
With KMT Leader on Mainland / 250
Earthquakes: Wenchuan of 2008 not Tangshan of 1976 / 260
Postscript / 271 |