The River at the Centre of the World (55 page)

River of Golden Sand,
295
,
299
,
350
,
352
,
353
,
358

River pilots,
36

River to Heaven,
345
,
350–52
,
353

Rock, Joseph,
127
,
302
,
332–34
,
338
,
340
,
412

Rocks
271

Rolls-Royce cars,
136–7

Rose Island,
107

Russell & Co.,
177

Rustomjee, Heerjeebhoy,
177

Sailing Through China
(Theroux),
408

Salween River,
364
,
373
,
393

Sampans (small boats),
47
,
300
,
306

Sand Pebbles, The
(McKenna),
286
,
410

Sandouping,
229
,
231
,
232–3
,
245

Sanxia,
169

Satellite communications,
309–10

Savage, John L,
227
,
229

Schistosomes,
195

Science and Civilisation in China
(Needham),
410

Second Opium War,
204

Seeds of Change
(Hobhouse),
412

Sexual morals,
145–6
,
320
,
332
,
334–5
,
378

Sexually transmitted diseases,
334–5

Shadwell, Charles,
50

Shamanism,
329
,
367
,
406

Shanghai Club,
36
,
75
,
84

Shanghai Down Express,
12

Shashi,
244

Shen-nung, Emperor,
363

Shennong Stream,
289
,
290
,
291

Shenyang,
216

Shigatse,
401

Shigu,
3–4
,
20
,
359
,
362
,
365
,
373

Shimantan Dam,
240

Ship locks,
255–6

Shipai,
232

Shippee, David,
354
,
358

Shippee, Margit,
355

Shipwrecks,
44–5

Shun, Emperor,
363

Shutung
(ship),
269

Sichuan Basin,
225
,
237
,
375

Sichuan Corporation for International Cultural Development,
371

Sichuan province,
213
,
226
,
295
,
297
,
313
,
314
,
371
,
377

Signal stations,
272–3
,
299–300

Sikhs,
72
,
76

Sikkim
383

Silk industry,
123
,
283

Silk Road,
313

Single Pebble, A (Hersey),
230
,
254
,
408

Singsong girls,
139–40

Sixteen Points for the Cultural Revolution,
201

Smedley, Agnes,
215

Snowmelts,
151
,
153
,
158

Soochow Creek,
72

Sourcewaters,
349–53
,
404–6

South China Sea,
54

South Manchurian Railway,
129

Space programme,
309–10

Sperling, E.,
134

Spratly Islands,
53

Standard Guide Book to Shanghai
,
412

Star TV,
309

Steepness,
344
,
349

Stilwell, ‘Vinegar Joe’,
287

Su, Mr,
67–9

Subways,
81

Suez Canal,
179

Sui dynasty,
100

Suicides,
319–20
,
332

Suifu,
295

Sun Yat-sen,
51
,
125
,
211
,
215
,
225
,
228

Sun Ziming,
330

Sung dynasty,
100

Swimmers,
194–203

‘Swimming' (poem),
218
,
231

Szechuan province,
284

Taco Bell,
213

Tactical Pilot Charts (TPCs),
30–31
,
409

Taipan (company chief),
63
,
65
,
75
,
86
,
89

Taiping Rebellion,
121n
,
134n
,
142

Taipings,
121

Taipingxi,
232

Tang dynasty,
100
,
114
,
254
,
330

Tang, Mr,
370–71
,
374
,
396
,
397
,
400

Tanggula Range,
398
,
399
,
405

Tanggula township,
402–3

Tannu-Tuva,
381

Taoists,
224
,
330
,
338–9
,
341

Taotai (city official)
59
71
83

TCBY store,
212–13

Tea clippers,
175
,
205

Tea industry,
166–7
,
170
,
173–86
,
380–81

Tea-making process,
181–2

Tectonics,
367

Telegraph cable,
58n

Television,
309

Tempe, Arizona,
116

Ten thousand li Yangtze
(painting),
10
,
14–23

Tennyson, Alfred Lord,
48

Theacea plants,
174

Theroux, Paul,
408

Thistle and the Jade, The
(Keswick),
412

Three Gorges,
25
,
26
,
29
,
97
,
225
,
226n
,
228
,
235
,
243–4
,
266
,
287–9
,
345
,
366

Three Gorges Dam,
19
,
164
,
169
,
219
,
223
,
225
,
226–46
,
249–53
,
255
,
257–62
,
276–7
,
371

Three Gorges Hotel,
247–8

Three Gorges Project Corporation,
249
,
259

Through the Yangtze Gorges or, Trade and Travel in Western China
(Little),
411

Tiananmen Square,
235
,
239
,
379