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
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