- 1Epigraph — Introduction
- 2Part I — Old China and the New Republic
- 3Chapter II — China of Many Persons
- 4Chapter III — Old Confucianism in the New China
- 5Chapter IV — A Glimpse Behind the Political Scenes
- 6Chapter V — With Men Who Watch Politics
- 7Chapter VI — China of Merchant-Adventurers
- 8Chapter VII — Prompt Proposals for American Action
- 9Chapter VIII — A Little Vision for China
- 10Chapter IX — “Slow Americans”
- 11Chapter X — Folk Ways and Officials
- 12Part II — The Passing of Yuan Shih-Kai
- 13Chapter XII — The Famous Twenty-One Demands, 1915
- 14Chapter XIII — Getting Together
- 15Chapter XIV — War Days in Peking
- 16Chapter XV — Emperor Yuan Shih-Kai
- 17Chapter XVI — Downfall and Death of Yuan Shih-Kai
- 18Chapter XVII — Republicans in the Saddle
- 19Part III — The War and China
- 20Chapter XIX — Guarding the “Open Door”
- 21Chapter XX — A Diary of Quiet Days, Autumn of 1916
- 22Chapter XXI — China Breaks with Germany
- 23Chapter XXII — China’s Bosses Come to Peking
- 24Chapter XXIII — An Emperor for a Day
- 25Chapter XXIV — War With Germany: Readjustments
- 26Chapter XXV — The Chinese Go A-Borrowing
- 27Part IV — Last Year of War and Aftermath
- 28Chapter XXVII — Amidst Troubles Peking Rejoices
- 29Chapter XXVIII — A New World War Coming?
- 30Chapter XXIX — Japan Shows Her Teeth
- 31Chapter XXX — Bandits, Intriguers, and a House Divided
- 32Chapter XXXI — Young Men in Peking, Old Men in Paris
- 33Chapter XXXII — A Nation Strikes and Unites
- 34Chapter XXXIII — Taking Leave of Peking
An American Diplomat in China
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