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