Prologue
First impression (arrival)
The way the pendulum swings
Beijing, on the eve of a new year
The rirst of October—National Day
Let's get to know each other first
Mianzi
Hello, have you eaten yet?
Gaokao: the university entrance exam
Yesterday's China, today's China
Reform in 1979
Freshness is everything
From black Io green?
Contemporary Chinese literature
Change, does everything change?
Spanish literaiure in Chinese translation These days it is not just Don Quixote which is read in Mandarin
Vlo Yan China's front door key to the contemporary canon of world liierature