Little Emperors : A Year with the Future of China

Acknowledgements 9(2) Note on Language and Names 11(4) PART I Scatter to Flat Root 15(8) Lunch 23(14) Not Free to Go 37(3) A Walk on White Cloud Mountain 40(9) Ladybugs, Dragonflies, and Building Cranes 49(6) Bad China Days 55(12) PART II Things Appear, Things Disappear 67(5) A Revolution ... of Sorts 72(4) Near Death on the Li Jiang, or How I Spent My Summer Vacation 76(10) The Tide® of Change 86(8) A Little of the Everyday 94(8) Tea and Moon Cakes 102(7) Shanghai Is a Verb 109(12) PART III A Bowl Full of Stars 121(7) Cantonese Lessons 128(9) The Golden Arches 137(6) Fashion Faux Pas 143(7) How the Gweilo Ruined Christmas 150(12) Double Happiness 162(8) Ghosts from the East Sea 170(7) PART IV Deng Xiaoping vs. the NBA 177(8) Sunny Days 185(6) A Year 191(1) The Red Tent 192(11) The Accident 203(9) Chinada! 212(4) The Hong Kong Communist Party 216(15) PART V The Old Man of China 231(12) The Strength of Bamboo 243(3) The Future 246(3) Epilogue 249