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Chapter numbers and titles as follows:
Chapter 1. Alwyne George Neville Ogden's arrival in and impressions of Beijing.
Chapter 2. 'Visit to the Forbidden City' in October 1913.
Chapters 3 and 4 with titles 'Taipans and Teatasters; 'Life in a Treaty Port' 'Riots in Hankow' covering Alwyne George Neville Ogden's move to Hankou, disturbances there and Hankou races, 1915.
Chapter 5 with titles 'The Good Earth' 'Cattle, Coolies [term from original source, indentured/contract labourers] and Confucius' 'South of the Yellow River - Honan', 'Cattle in Honan' covering Alwyne George Neville Ogden's visit to Henan to buy cattle, travels in the district and visit to Loyang, Autumn 1916.
Chapter 6 with titles 'The Good Earth' and 'Coolies in Shantung' covering Alwyne George Neville Ogden's work recruiting Chinese for service in France, October 1917.
Section with no chapter number and with titles 'Broad Day', 'Section 4, The Heavenly Ford Tientsin' covering Alwyne George Neville Ogden's work in Tianjin from November 1918 and his meeting Jessie Bridge.
Section with no chapter number and with titles 'V The Marches of Tibet', 'The Heyday of the War Lords - Chengtu' and with note 'not included in list of contents'. This covers Alwyne George Neville Ogden's journey to Chengdu and the marriage of Louis King, 1922.
Chapter 8 with title 'Up the Yangtze Gorges and the River of Golden Sand', covering JVO's journey to Chengdu and entry into the town, 1923.
Chapter 9 with title 'A Glimpse of Tibet' covering Alwyne George Neville Ogden's and JVO's journey to Tibet, return to Chengdu and life in Chengdu, 1923 - 1925.
Chapter 10 with titles 'High Noon', 'Section VI First Brush with Communism', 'Riots in Hankou 10 June 1925' covering riots in Hankou.
Chapter 11 with titles 'High Noon', 'Growing Menace of Communism' covering riots in Jiujuang and the evacuation of women and children, 1926 - 1927.
Chapter 12 with titles 'Section VI Retaking of the SS Kiangwo' covering the return to Jijuang, 1927.
There are no chapters 13,14,15 or 16.
Chapter 17 with title 'Tientsin under the Japanese' covering relations with the Japanese until the outbreak of war and Alwyne George Neville Ogden's house arrest, 1940s.
Chapter 18 with title 'Tientsin under House Arrest', 'Pearl Harbour' on life in Tianjin under the Japanese.
There are no chapters 19 or 20.
Chapter 21 with titles 'Post War Shanghai 1946', 'Strange Interlude in Japan', 'The Night my Number Came up' covering the incident later filmed as 'The Night my Number Came Up'.
All the above are in typescript with no indication whether or not the missing chapters were ever written.
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