Contents Acknowledgements 8
Preface 12
Chapter 1 Ancient Amoy 38
Chapter 2 Why Xiamen Surpassed Canton 58
Chapter 3 China’s Most Entrepreneurial People 72
Chapter 4 The Amoy Spirit 92
Chapter 5 Amoy’s Peace-Loving Fighters 116
Chapter 6 Gulangyu International Settlement 128
Chapter 7 Xiamen—Cradle of Modern “Chinese” Education 164
Chapter 8 Xiamen University Pioneer in Modern Chinese Business Education 194
Appendix–Some of XMU’s Many Firsts 202
Afterward: Two Decades 220
Bibliography 224
