Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. Preface 7
3. Contents 9
4. Illustrations 11
5. Crossing into China 15
6. Ideological Tour 19
7. Skyscrapers and Pagodas 23
8. Handy Pocket Interpreter 27
9. Capitalists Capitulate 31
10. Invitation to Criticism 35
11. The Party and the Intellectuals 38
12. Red Tape 41
13. Speed-Up of Engineers' Training 44
14. Teaching the Teachers 48
15. Education in Grim Earnest 50
16. Out of Tune 54
17. Summer Palace on Sunday 59
18. Birth Control 62
19. Can China Grow Enough Food? 66
20. The Good Housewife Campaign 70
21. Ringing a Change 73
22. Timber Minister in Trouble 76
23. Satire in the Cinema 82
24. Countryside and Coal Mine 86
25. Train Trip 89
26. Polio Vaccine 93
27. Flying by Sign Language 96
28. Taming the Yellow River 100
29. Sian Reborn 106
30. Historic Bathtub 109
31. Gateway to the West 112
32. Railway to Russia 115
33. Toil and Sweat 118
34. Architecture under Fire 122
35. Russian Movie 125
36. The Chungking Cockroach 130
37. Down the Yangtze 133
38. Three Cities in One 136
39. Sentiment and Economics 139
40. Feeding the Average Man 143
41. The Christian Church 146
42. Painful Honesty 154
43. The Spittoon's Last Stand 157
44. Behind the Mask 160
45. No Dogs in China 162
46. Herbal Medicine 165
47. Freeloading Friends 169
48. Elections 173
49. Music and Dancing 176
50. Counter-Revolutionaries 180
51. Donkeys in Diapers 184
52. The Law Courts 187
53. Captive Audience 191
54. China Overview 195