What do people in China look forward to when they get up in the morning? What is the mentor of Lang Lang like? What about the personal friend of Chairman Mao ? and how does his granddaughter relate to him after the murderous Cultural Revolution? What do the numerous evangelical Americans really think of the Chinese? How does the One Country, Two Systems paradigm work for Hong Kong? For 73 years, Alex Kuo has traveled back-and-forth between America and China. These letters and essays portray the private China, and provide indispensable cultural information for anyone interested in China in the 21st century.