Read The River at the Centre of the World Online
Authors: Simon Winchester
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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