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