Table of Contents

* Introduction Chinese Society Breaks Free: Once On The Bow, The Arrow Must Fly * Muddy Legs: The Peasant Migrant * Turning Iron to Gold: The Entrepreneur * Bad Element: The Shanghai Cosmopolite The Revival Of Old Ways: Dying Embers Flare Again * People of the Black Tents: The Tibetan Nomads * Descendants of Kings: The Wang Clan The Losers From Reform: The Bold Feast While The Timid Starve * The Moon Reflecting the Sunlight: The Village Woman * Walking on Fire: The Railway Worker Chinese Challenge The State: The Tree Craves Calm But The Wind Rages On * Touching the Scales of the Dragons Throat: The Dissident * Conclusion: Truth New Born?

About the Author

James and Ann Tyson are correspondents for the Christian Science Monitor.James and Ann Tyson are correspondents for the Christian Science Monitor.