Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. List of Illustrations ix
4. Introduction 1
5. 1 Of Ethnicity and Identity 14
6. 2 Beginnings 35
7. 3 Intermediaries and Channels of Communication 57
8. 4 A Chinese-German Flower 87
9. 5 Daily Life in a Mixed City 116
10. 6 Trials and Endings 141
11. 7 Russians and Chinese under Japanese Rule 175
12. 8 Kharbintsy and Ha’erbin ren 201
13. Epilogue: The General and the Particular 218
14. Notes 243
15. Glossary of Chinese Terms 321
16. Bibliography 331
17. Index 375