Table of Contents

Sang Ye's Conversations with China Geremie R. Barme Acknowledgments Introduction: Words and Saliva Sang Ye Chairman Mao's Ark 1. A Hero for the Times: A Winner in the Economic Reforms 2. Chairman Mao's Ark: One of the Floating Population 3. The Nondissident: A Party Man Betrayed 4. The Union Rep: A Worker against the Party 5. The People's Deputy: A Congresswoman Moonwalking 6. Looking Ahead: The Founders of a Private Orphanage 7. Getting Organized: The Parents of a Stolen Child 8. Shine: A Child Prodigy 9. Moonwalking: A Differently Abled Young Woman Unlevel Playing Field 10. Consuming Habits: On the Flood of Fakes 11. Fringe-Dwellers: A Nonofficial Artist 12. The Computer Bug: The Software Pirate 13. Unlevel Playing Field: Confessions of an Elite Athlete Heaven's Narrow Gate 14. A Life of Sex: Dr Sex 15. Time as Money: A Shenzhen Hooker 16. Little Sweetie: A Thoroughly Modern Mistress 17. Heaven's Narrow Gate: Christians Who Overcame Mastering New China 18. An Army on the March: The PLA Means Business 19. Generating Income: The Reeducation of an English Professor 20. To the New World: Passport Protection 21. Mastering New China: A Capitalist with the Party's Characteristics 22. Down to Earth: Reflections of a Former Red Guard 23. Just One Party: A Challenge from the Grass Roots Parting Shot 24. Beam Me Up: The UFOlogist 25. Parting Shot: A Beijing Executioner 26. Days in the Life of the People's Republic List of Translators Index

About the Author

Sang Ye divides his time between China and Brisbane, Australia. His most recent book is The Year the Dragon Came (1996). Geremie R. Barme is a Professor of Chinese History at the Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies at The Australian National University. He is the author of An Artistic Exile: A Life of Feng Zikai (California, 2002), In the Red: On Contemporary Chinese Culture (1999), and Shades of Mao: The Posthumous Cult of the Great Leader (1996). Miriam Lang is a researcher and translator based at Monash University in Melbourne.