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...Introduction / 1.Shanghai Arrival / 2. A Dream of Red Mansions ..in which our hero is duchessed / 3. WTUSM Welcome Dinner / 4. Bicycle Wars / 5. Barefoot Dentistry ... in which our hero fails to  ride a bicycle / 6. Two Thousand Steps to the Mountain / 7. Chinese Medley ... a symphony orchestra teaches the masses / 8. An Upper Middle Class Evening / 9. Paralysis - The Core Problem with Chinese Universities / 10. Foreign Experts Plant Trees ...on being a VIP / 11. Chinese Tooth Torture / 12. Letter Home /  13. New China: Reflections on Political Rage / 14. Fake Dream /  15. Living With China Upside Down and Backwards / 16. A Red, Black & White Culture / 17. Strolling / 18. Dining with the Governor / 19. The Rag Trade / 20. When a Dog is as Tall as a Man / 21. The Outside Track on Happiness / 22. Sinned Against / 23. Horse Horse Tiger Tiger /  24. Video Wisdom / 25. City Traveler / 26. Apples to Go / 27. All's Fair / 28. The Chinese Economic Union?? / 29. Mei Guanxi - Back with the Dentists / 30. The General('s) Hospital / 31. Whimsy, Where are You? / 32. The Photograph / 33. Silence of the Elders / 34.The Dialects of Wuhan / 35. Silk Barrier / 36. A Business Proposal /  37. Virtue versus the Quick Buck / 38. Sisyphus and the Rock of Education / 39. The Factory Visit / 40. Scooter Babes / 41. Notes on Cantonese / 42. The Bamboo Cage / 43. Goodies & Baddies / 44. In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king / 45. Corruption in Chinese English exams (note from a reader) /  46. The boarding kindergarten / 47. Till Death Do Us Part / 48. Dining Out on Laundry Soap /  49. When is a Museum a Museum? / 50. Honesty, Spirit and the Communist Way / 51.  The Bad Old Days of Planned Theft / 52. Funeral by the Lake / 53. Modern Dance Ballet / 54. The Suit / 55.Departures / see also Travel Notes (includes Chinese cities)
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