Chapter Thirteen I WANT TO GO TO SHANGHAI It took almost daily trips to China Travel office, and endless arguments ...
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Chapter Twelve LITERARY STARVATION Another day I returned with the group to see what was allowed to be viewed of ...
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Chapter Eleven TROUBLE IN T’IEN AN MEN SQUARE Part Two While I’d been waiting for my box to be built ...
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Chapter Eleven TROUBLE IN T’IEN AN MEN SQUARE Part One It was Theodore White who called T’ien an men Square ...
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Chapter Ten THE SUMMER PALACE BLANKETED WITH SNOW There had been snow flurries the day we visited the Summer Palace. ...
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Chapter Nine SOME FREEDOM IN PEKING Part Two Peking is probably as well known for Peking duck in the western ...
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Chapter Nine SOME FREEDOM IN PEKING Part One Because the hotel phone service was so impossible, except for distances exceeding ...
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Chapter Eight NEAR TRAGEDY IN THE HOTEL DINING ROOM Part Two The first day in Peking that we were all ...
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Chapter Eight NEAR TRAGEDY IN THE HOTEL DINING ROOM Part One We ate most of our meals in that big ...
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Chapter Seven VISITING A FUTURE AMERICAN PRESIDENT That invitation George H. W. Bush had extended on our hurried encounter outside ...
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Chapter Six WE HAD THE GREAT WALL TO OURSELVES Part Three The tombs of 13 Ming emperors are North West ...
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Chapter Six WE HAD THE GREAT WALL TO OURSELVES Part Two There were no restaurants along our route. And definitely ...
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Chapter Six WE HAD THE GREAT WALL TO OURSELVES Part One The Great Wall was the last thing the astronauts ...
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A Front Row Seat for the Cultural Revolution THE LEGENDARY CAPITAL OF CHINA Part 3 By asserting ourselves some amount ...
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A Front Row Seat for the Cultural Revolution THE LEGENDARY CAPITAL OF CHINA Part 2 We staked our claim on ...
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Chapter Five THE LEGENDARY CAPITAL OF CHINA Part 1 Once the fair ended we all boarded a night train to ...
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Chapter Four THE BUG IN THE LIGHT FIXTURE COULDN’T FLY It had taken a few days, but we were learning ...
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Chapter Three STOCKHOLM SYNDROME IN TIENTSIN Part Four Then came the moment we’d all dreamed of -- Comrade Sung had ...
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Chapter Three STOCKHOLM SYNDROME IN TIENTSIN Part Three Comrade Sung’s built-in radar must have told him we were getting bored ...
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Chapter Three STOCKHOLM SYNDROME IN TIENTSIN Part Two Since the taxis weren’t waiting for us when we finished Steve, Herb ...
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