Foreword: The Reasons Why I Wrote This Book 1
Prelude: Before the Visit 5
Chapter 1: First Day – Breaking Ice and Rules 15
Section 1: A Journey of Ten Thousand Miles 17
Section 2: Arrival in Washington DC 25
Section 3: Escort Motorcade 33
Section 4: The Strong Delegation 41
Section 5: Family Dinner 50
Chapter 2: Second Day – The Best Yet to Come 61
Section 1: Arrival Ceremony 63
Section 2: Prelude to the Talks 72
Section 3: A Luncheon and the Second Meeting 80
Section 4: State Dinner at the White House 88
Section 5: The Gala 96
Chapter 3: Third Day – Contacts Started with Individuals to Groups 107
Section 1: Six Meetings 109
Section 2: First Visit to Congress 117
Section 3: Deng’s Wife 124
Section 4: The Second Visit to Congress 131
Section 5: Two Speeches 138
Chapter 4: Fourth Day – The Thrill of Giving Over Taking 149
Section 1: Self-Introduction 151
Section 2: A Series of Events 157
Section 3: TV Interview 165
Section 4: Sino-U.S. Agreements Signed 172
Section 5: Reciprocal Reception 179
Chapter 5: Fifth Day – Atlanta and Deng, Symbols of Regeneration 191
Section 1: City of the “Phoenix” 193
Section 2: “I Also Have a Dream” 202
Section 3: Ford Assembly Plant 210
Section 4: Joint Press Communiqué 217
Section 5: Hundreds of Birds Pay Homage to the “Phoenix” 225
Chapter 6: Sixth Day – Mission, Not Safety, a Top Priority 235
Section 1: Leaving for Texas 237
Section 2: Takeoff to Space 244
Section 3: Meeting Overseas Chinese 251
Section 4: Incidents Impossible to Guard Against 260
Section 5: The Rodeo Night 268
Chapter 7: Seventh Day – Heading West in Two Groups 277
Section 1: Second Meeting with the Media 279
Section 2: Sino-U.S. Trade 283
Section 3: Oil Drilling Tools 291
Section 4: Going Separately to Different Cities 299
Section 5: Flying to Seattle 306
Chapter 8: Eighth Day – No Such Thing as a Free Lunch 317
Section 1: Fang Yi’s Mission 319
Section 2: The First Event 326
Section 3: Boeing Aircraft 333
Section 4: Overseas Chinese and Chinese Americans 340
Section 5: Talking Business with Investors 349
Chapter 9: Ninth Day – Encouraging Farewell to Overseas Chinese 361
Section 1: Similar Keynotes 363
Section 2: A Handwritten Inscription 369
Section 3: The Farewell Speech 377
Section 4: A Telegram to Carter 385
Section 5: End of Visit 393
Postscript: Thirty Years Later 407
Appendix: Itineraries of the Nine-Day Visit 417
