Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Names and Spelling vii
4. Acknowledgments ix
5. INTRODUCTION 1
6. I From the Mid-West to the China Coast 7
7. 2 The China Press Man 17
8. 3 Living at the End of the Wires 25
9. 4 The Collapse of the Qing Dynasty and Opportunities Abound 35
10. 5 Intrigue in Tokyo and World War 57
11. 6 From Fruit Rancher to Spy 71
12. 7 Sun Yat-sen and the Biography That NeverWas 83
13. 8 Four Hundred Million Customers and Bringing Billboards to China 89
14. 9 Getting Friendly with Warlords 113
15. 10 Rumblings in Shanghai 133
16. 11 The Life of a China Coast Man 139
17. 12 Fear in Shanghai, the Generalissimo and Three Stripes on the Arm 161
18. 13 Back in the N ewspaper Business 171
19. 14 The New Republic and the Soong Dynasty 177
20. 15 More Skirmishes and a City in Flux 185
21. 16 Swallowing Like Whales, Nibbling Like Silkworms 193
22. 17 Final Days in the City of the Dead 203
23. 18 Business Over: The Escape from Shanghai 211
24. 19 Through the Back Door into China 223
25. 20 Tea with Madame Chiang and Whisky with Zhou En-lai 237
26. 21 War Service and Being Proved Right 249
27. 22 The Final Prolific Years 261
28. EPILOGUE 269
29. Notes 271
30. Select Bibliography and Further Reading 297
31. Appendix 301
32. Index 303