In 1912, five thousand years of feudal rule ended in China. Warlords, Western businessmen, soldiers, missionaries and Japanese all ruled China, exploited and fought one another and the Chinese. In 1949, Mao Zedong came to power.
Chapter 1: Yao Popo, or the Medicine Woman of Xingyi
Chapter 2: Two Generations of the Lin Family: the Curse of a Legend
Chapter 3: New Discoveries in Xinjiang, the World's Biggest Prison
On the Road, Interlude 1: Interview with a North-Western Taxi Driver
Chapter 4: Pioneers of China's Oil: a Distinguished Husband and Wife
Chapter 5: Acrobat: from Counter-revolutionary's Daughter to National Medal Winner
Chapter 6: Tea Houses and News Singers: Three Thousand Years of Anecdotes and Wonders
Chapter 7: Carrying on a Craft Tradition: the Qin Huai Lantern-Makers
Chapter 8: Across Mountain and Grassland: a Witness to the Long March
Chapter 9: Savouring her Blessings after Trials and Tribulations: the Woman General born in America
On the Road, Interlude 4: Reflections Between the Lines
Chapter 10: The Policeman: A Cop who Entered the Police Force as the People's Republic was Founded
Chapter 11: The Shoe-Mender Mother: 28 Years Spent out in All Weathers
On the Road, Interlude 5: A Squall at the 4 May Memorial
Afterword: Images of My Motherland
Chinese Assistants: What China Witness meant to them