China Watcher: Confessions of a Peking Tom

Contents

Contents Foreword ix Preface xi 1 The Occidental Tourist 3 2 A Dissertation Is Not a Dinner Party 13 3 Confessions of a Peking Tom 36 4 Through the Looking Glass 61 5 Democracy Deferred 82 6 Capitalism with Chinese Characteristics 100 7 The Road to Tiananmen 118 8 After the Deluge 138 9 China Rising 156 10 God in the Machine 172 11 The Wild, Wild West 188 12 Beijing Revisited 218 13 China Watching, Then and Now 232 14 The Gini in the Jar 254 15 Loose Ends 277 Epilogue 292 Author’s Notes 297 Suggestions for Further Reading 309 Index 313 ...