Journey from the past / Jonathan D. Spence -- Peking / Jay and Linda Mathews -- Great Wall / Griffin Smith, Jr. -- Yellow River Valley / Mike Edwards -- Silk Road / Donald R. Katz -- Grand Canal / Robert M. Poole -- Yangtze River / William Graves -- The deep interior / Shirley Sun -- Tibet / Roy Reed -- Northeast China / Thomas B. Allen -- South China coast / David D. Pearce.