Philip Fei Wu came to the U.S. as a foreign student in 1981 and received his bachelor's degree in 1983. He then received his Master's Degree in International Economics from the University of San Francisco. Other works by the author include: Business Environments in Mainland China, My Unusual College Education (full-text Chinese, 2004), and Dangerous Honeymoon (full-text Chinese, 2005).

• Part 1 Foreword by Dr. David Yon Kong HsuPart 2 PrefacePart 3 AcknowledgementsChapter 4 IntroductionChapter 5 Born in a Miniature Asian Venice-like town at the Time of Changing GovernmentChapter 6 Father Left, Mother Died, We Lived with Great ParentsChapter 7 Migrating to Shanghai CityChapter 8 Independence Began at SixChapter 9 The Nourishment and Refreshment of the CountrysideChapter 10 My Middle School: in the "Great Leap Forward" Time, Hometown Jiashan "Entering Communism Beforehand"Chapter 11 My High School Years and the Three of "Natural Disasters"Chapter 12 Great Mother Passed Away, The Disastrous YearsChapter 13 A Letter from Hong KongChapter 14 The Battle to Enter College—Desperation For a Government JobChapter 15 Taiwan "Going to Retrieve Mainland," Two Brothers "Kicked Out of School"Chapter 16 Pushed to "New Border"Chapter 17 The Orbit of Marching Route Is Never Straight, Brother Enters High School AgainChapter 18 Rejected For College Again, The Backbone of Family DiesChapter 19 China before the Cultural Revolution, The Calm before the StormChapter 20 The Cultural Revolution Begins, I Was Mobilized to New Border Areas AgainChapter 21 The Cultural Revolution Nears Its ClimaxChapter 22 Shanghai Is BurningChapter 23 Battle between "Rebel" and "Escaped Landlord"Chapter 24 Notre Dame vs. Red GuardChapter 25 "The Education System Needs a Revolution" The Hope Returning to Schools Was GoneChapter 26 The Brothers Leave the City, Get Up With the Sunrise, Go to Bed with the SunsetChapter 27 Life in the CountrysideChapter 28 I Was Criticized Openly, But When I Spoke They RetreatedChapter 29 The Upper. Looking for a Beautiful Girl in a Sea of RedChapter 30 The Sex Offender, The Promising Political StarChapter 31 From Commander-In-Chief Fission Into Insurgent and TraitorChapter 32 Close to Death Two TwiceChapter 33 The Literature Nourishes MeChapter 34 Blind People on a Blind HorseChapter 35 God Sees the Truth, But WaitsChapter 36 God Saved the King, the King Should Have Saved the PeopleChapter 37 Is It a Bad or Good Omen, If a Meteorite Falls?Chapter 38 Prepare For the Future—Work Hard And Sharpen the MindChapter 39 The Waltz of the Visa ApplicationChapter 40 On the Table, Under the TableChapter 41 Even the "Trajectory" to Say Farewell in China can Never Be a Straight LineChapter 42 Shanghainese vs. Cantonese, East Chinese vs. South ChineseChapter 43 The Hidden WordsChapter 44 The Character of the Controlled and OppressedChapter 45 Burning Hair in a Blast FurnaceChapter 46 Time Should Not Be Spent WaitingChapter 47 Brother Crosses the Border to Hong KongChapter 48 The Corner TurnedChapter 49 The Reunion Between Son and Father After Thirty YearsChapter 50 If You Dream, Dream BigChapter 51 To Catch the Last Train to My UniversityChapter 52 The Green Jadeite RingChapter 53 The Celebration with WorriesChapter 54 A Lesson before My Journey to AmericaChapter 55 New Year's Day UncelebratedChapter 56 First Time in Wonderland WorldChapter 57 The Life of A Working StudentChapter 58 The Days without Health InsuranceChapter 59 The First Glorious Day of My Life. Two and One Half Years for My Bachelor's DegreeChapter 60 U. S. Immigration LawChapter 61 A One-Man CrusadeChapter 62 My D-DayChapter 63 A Long March by MyselfChapter 64 My Graduation Thesis and Dr. Yuang Li Wu's PredictionChapter 65 Job-Hunting of an E.T.Chapter 66 A Day full of SunshineChapter 67 An Angel's DepartureChapter 68 A Newborn Calf Fears No TigerChapter 69 Being a Boss Without Realizing the Danger, How I Used Dr. Lehman's Teaching in PracticeChapter 70 God Helps Those who Help ThemselvesChapter 71 The Reward for Honesty—My Wife and Daughter's Lives in ShanghaiChapter 72 For a Knife, It Is the Sharpness That Counts, Not the SizeChapter 73 Hardship Is the Best Way to Shape PersonalityChapter 74 Two AccidentsChapter 75 My Business PrinciplesChapter 76 An Intrusion Not by Criminals, But by PoliceChapter 77 Change of Immigration StatusChapter 78 The Death of My Father—A Journey Away From Home, Never to ReturnChapter 79 My Sister from TaiwanChapter 80 March Toward a Green Card Following in the Footsteps of Smart PeopleChapter 81 A Man Should Know When to Save and When to SpendChapter 82 The Story of My Two Classmates in ChinaChapter 83 The Changing Fate of Christmas CardsChapter 84 The Benefit of a Green Card and a Special Grant for Two Pounds of Powdered MilkChapter 85 An Unexpected Obstacle to My Family Reunion-The Event of June 4th, 1989Chapter 86 Never Wait Until the Flood Is RisingChapter 87 The Gift of the MagiChapter 88 I Have Been Trying My BestChapter 89 You Are the Only One Responsible for Your BusinessChapter 90 The Golden Autumn of San FranciscoChapter 91 My Wife and Daughter Finally Immigrate to U.S.Chapter 92 One Day + Nine Years = Ten Years

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