Note to the Reader . . vii
Map: China and Its Neighbors . . viii-ix
Prologue . . xi

PART I - GROWING UP, 1916-1947 
1 "Where the Daisies Cover the Country Land" . . 3
2 Only a Memory . . 24
3 Americanization . . 35
4 An Anguished Cry . . 47

PART II - INTELLIGENCE OFFICER IN ACTION, 1948-1968 
5 A Ready Recruit . . 65
6 A Covert Foot Soldier . . 77
7 On the Edge of Conflict . . 97
8 Running the Secret War . . 106
9 Of Coups, Floods, and Failures . . 119

PART III - CHINA OPENS UP, 1969-1981 
10 Reading the Tea Leaves . . 135
11 Breaking Down Walls . . 152
12 Kissinger's Man in China . . 169
13 Good Fortune . . 196
14 Riding a Wave . . 213

PART IV - DIPLOMAT IN ACTION, 1982-1991 
15 Righting the Balance . . 227
16 The Golden Years . . 249
17 Pushing for Change . . 264
18 "Through the Blur of Our Tears" . . 282
19 Stepping on a Volcano . . 297
20 Small Victories . . 335

Epilogue . . 373
Acknowledgments . . 383
Notes  . 385
Bibliography . . 402
Index . . 406