Prologue Chapter1 1514: The Shortcuts and Wrong Turns of Two Worlds Chapter2 1840: The Fall and Turn of an Autocracy Chapter3 1894: Xiangshan, One Man’s Journey Chapter4 1905: Pioneering the Way Chapter5 1911: Wuchang, the Crossroads for China Chapter6 1912: Nanjing to Beijing - A Search for the Intersection of Two Roads Chapter7 1919: Shanghai, the Rediscovery of a Path of Hope Chapter8 1924: Guangzhou, the Tough Path to Prosperity Chapter9 1925: Beijing, One Man’s End, and a Civilization’s Beginning Chapter10 1929: The South Bank of the Yangtze, the Zhongshan Road’s Curvy Track Chapter11 1953: New China, The First Five Years of Peaceful Construction Chapter12 1978: Reform and Opening Up China Breaks into a New World Epilogue