Gene AyresInside the New China
An Ethnographic Memoir
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. The Offer
2. Sports Day in China (Part I)
3. The Governor's Banquet
4. The Young Soldiers or the Freshman Army
5. The Joke's on Wu (Gusher)
6. Rush Hour, China Style
7. The Best Medicine
8. Starving in China? Get Real
9. The Junk Food Invasion
10. Things You Won't Find in China
11. Things You Will Find in China (Like It or Not)
12. Music to Their Ears (If Not Ours)
13. Cuowu: The Mistake
14. The Author Meets a Master, and Almost His Maker
15. The Christmas Crusaders
16. A Love Story
17. The New Year Explodes
18. Shanghai'd in Beijing
19. A Hainan Fish Tale
20. Dragon Festival Day
21. You Can Get There from Here (But Try Getting Back!)
22. The Chinese Information Defi cit Disorder
23. The Children, the Children
24. Thanksgiving in Purgatory
25. No Sex Please, We're Chinese
26. Rising Nationalism as the Olympic Buildup Continues
27. The Two-Star Two-Step 1
28. The Play's the Thing
29. Media Savvy
30. Mr. Wei and the Chinese Teamsters
31. The Author Breaks a Taboo
32. The Korean Connection
33. The Russian Connection
34. Sports Day in China (Part II): A Walk in the Park
35. The Guangzhou Shuffle
36. Harbin, Fall, 2006
37. Look Homeward, Angel
Epilogue: Airports, Baggage, and People in High Places
