• Chapter 1
  Wealth and Power
  Introduction
• Chapter 2
  Humiliation
  Wei Yuan
• Chapter 3
  Self-Strengthening
  Feng Guifen
• Chapter 4
  Western Methods, Chinese Core
  Cixi
• Chapter 5
  New Citizen
  Liang Qichao
• Chapter 6
  A Sheet of Loose Sand
  Sun Yat-sen
• Chapter 7
  New Youth
  Chen Duxiu
• Chapter 8
  Unification
  Chiang Kai-shek

• Chapter 9
  Not a Dinner Party
  Mao Zedong, Part I
• Chapter 10
  Creative Destruction
  Mao Zedong, Part II
• Chapter 11
  Black Cat, White Cat
  Deng Xiaoping, Part I
• Chapter 12
  Turmoil
  Deng Xiaoping, Part II
• Chapter 13
  Entering the World
  Zhu Rongji
• Chapter 14
  No Enemies, No Hatred
  Liu Xiaobo
• Chapter 15
  Rejuvenation
  Conclusion