Prologue
Part One
Exploring China: Past and Present
1. Chinas Grand Canal: A Very Short Introduction
2. The Grand Canal Veterans
3. The Journey to the People's Republic of China
4. Xixi Lu: A Walk through Hangzhou
Part Two
Postcards from the Grand Canal
5. Luoyang and the "Start" of the Grand Canal
6. Wuxi and the Aesthetics of the Grand Canal
7. Suzhou and the Endurance of Culture
8. Yangzhou and Wuzhen: A Mix of Tradition and Modernization
9. Lu Xun, Driverless Cars, and Transport on the Grand Canal
10. Tea and Globalization (One)
11. Tea and Globalization (Two)
Part Three
The Globalizers along the Grand Canal
12. Lu Zhigang: Entrepreneur, Scientist and the Restorer of the Grand Canal
13. Joanne Du: STEM Educator and Innovator
14. Yu Wanlun: Crafter and Umbrellas Maker
15. Xu Qi: An Innovator in Maps
16. Elena Gladkaya: A Russian Who Globalizes China
17. Barking Dear and Pine Bakery: "I Gotta Be Me"
18. Lin Fan: Community Organizer
19. Sun Minyan: Photographer of the Grand Canal
Part Four
Literature, China, and Globalization
20. Understanding Ba Jin, Understanding the (Symbolic) Grand Canal
21. Ch'oe Pu the Korean: "My Journey along the Grand Canal in 1488"
22. Conclusion
Bibliography
Index