17 POISON

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xi
4. CAST OF CHARACTERS (IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE) xiii
5. INTRODUCTION 1
6. 1 THE CHINESE CIVIL WAR 9
7. 2 CHINA WATCHING 20
8. 3 “A STRUGGLE OF SEA MONSTERS” 34
9. 4 THE WEEK THAT CHANGED THE WORLD 52
10. 5 END OF AN ERA 82
11. 6 OPENING UP 108
12. 7 “YOU WERE WRITING WHAT WE WERE THINKING” 142
13. 8 TESTING THE LIMITS 160
14. 9 BEIJING SPRING 180
15. 10 CRACKDOWN IN TIANANMEN SQUARE 198
16. 11 AFTERMATH 228
17. 12 A TALE OF TWO CHINAS 241
18. 13 THE NEW MILLENNIUM 271
19. 14 TREMORS 292
20. 15 CONTRADICTIONS 313
21. 16 THE TURNING POINT 324
22. 17 POISON 341
23. 18 FOLLOW THE MONEY 351
24. 19 THE SURVEILLANCE STATE 373
25. 20 EMPEROR FOR LIFE 385
26. 21 “REEDUCATION” IN XINJIANG 394
27. 22 “I STARTED TO CRY” 405
28. 23 EPIDEMIC 417
29. 24 EXPULSION 435
30. 25 THE DOOR CLOSES 445
31. NOTES 457
32. SUGGESTED READING 461
33. INDEX 465