Chapter 1 Childhood Years
Home Destroyed by War
Difficult Student Life
Pursuing Revolutionary Truth
Longing for the Liberation of Shanghai
Chapter 2 A New World
At the Central Committee of the New Democratic Youth League
Many Firsts
"Returning to the Ranks"
The Most Correct Choices
Chapter 3 Learning to Love Sports
First Contact with the International Olympic Committee
A Solemn Resolution
Accumulating Experience in Foreign Affairs
Sent Down for Labor
A Family Too Seldom Together
Chapter 4 At the Side of the Leaders
"Bestir Oneself, Very Good"
Premier Zhou-A Lifetime Model to Learn from
Work in Party and Government Delegations
Witnessing Again the Premier's Grace
Chapter 5 The Tempest Hits the Sports World
Conflict at the Jakarta Asian Games
Establishing the Games of the New Emerging Forces
AA, A, AAA
Chapter 6 Asian Sports Cannot do Without China
Skirmish of Asian Games
Achieving Complete Victory
Song of the Victory
The "Cultural Revolution" Is Over!
Chapter 7 World Sport Cannot do Without China
Winning More Friends
Deng Xiaoping at the Helm
The First Assault
1976-A Year of Few Actions
1977-A Year of Silence
Chapter 8 The Final Battle to Recover China's Rightful Place
1978-On the Eve of the Final Battle
1979-A Crucial Year
Verbal Joust with Members
Sprint to the Finish
Chapter 9 Coopted as IOC Member-Before and After
1980-A Year of Many Things
Nomination and Recommendation
Baden-Baden Election
Chapter 10 "Refusing to Be 'the Head'" vs. "Doing Something".
Chapter 11 1990 Beijing Asian Games
Chapter 12 For the Development of Asian Sport
Chapter 13 Upholding the "One China" Principle
Chapter 14 Endeavouring for National Reunification
Chapter 15 Entering the World's Sports Leading Body
Chapter 16 Bidding for the 2000 Olympic Games
Chapter 17 Crisis and Reform
Chapter 18 Bidding for the 2008 Olympic Games
Appendix
Epilogue