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Records the author's experiences as a Peace Corps English teacher in the small Chinese city of Fuling, during which time he witnessed such events as the death of Deng Xiaoping and the return of Hong Kong to the mainland.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hessler, Peter, 1969- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Perennial, ©2002.
Edition:First Perennial edition.
Subjects:
Hessler, Peter, > 1969- > Travel > China > Fuling (Sichuan Sheng)
Hessler, Peter, > 1969-
Fuling (Sichuan Sheng, China) > Description and travel.
ADULT NON-FICTION.
CHINA-DESCRIPTION AND TRAVEL.
Travel
China > Fuling (Sichuan Sheng)
Table of Contents:
  • PART I: Downstream
  • The city
  • Shakespeare with Chinese characteristics
  • Raise the Flag Mountain
  • Running
  • The White Crane Ridge
  • The dam
  • The Wu River
  • Opium Wars
  • White Flat Mountain
  • Storm
  • PART II: Summer
  • The priest
  • Chinese life
  • The restaurant owner
  • Money
  • The teacher
  • Chinese New Year
  • The land
  • Spring again
  • The river
  • Upstream.