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Acknowledgments ix
List of Illustrations
(Part I) Hilda Yan: Life of the Heart xiii
(Part II) Li Xiaqing: Profile of a Legend xv
(Part III) Zheng Hanying: Uneasy Spirit xvii
List of Maps xix
Introduction 1
Hilda Yan: Life of The Heart
Prologue 10
Liberal Strains 11
Life under the Soviet Star 24
Sexual Slavery & the League of Nations 35
A War of Resistance 43
Aid to China 54
May Day 62
American Bureau for Medical Aid to China 71
Return to the Far East 77
"Coming of Age of the Entire Human Race" 84
John Gifford Male 127 90
Endings 99
Epilogue 102
Li Xiaqing: Profile of A Legend
Introduction 116
Revolutionary to the Core 117
Star of the Silver Screen 126
"Isn't flying the top of everything?" 136
Return to China 144
Return to the New World 161
Flying Down to Rio 233 177
Relief Wings & United China Relief 183
SouthAmerica Reprised 197
Blue Skies 201
Zheng Hanying: Uneasy Spirit
Introduction 228
Origins 229
Wings for China 236
Romance... and Unforeseen Consequences 257
Zheng Takes Vancouver 264
Commissioning 273
Crossing Canada 285
Gathering Shadows 297
Postscript 301
Appendix
Hilda Yan's Participation in the League of Nations, as Documented in the Minutes of the Meetings 313
First Committee (5th Meeting), September 19, 1935
Fifth Committee (4th Meeting), September 18, 1937
Fifth Committee (8th Meeting), September 25, 1937
Minxin Films of Li Dandan (Li Xiaqing) 317
Glossary 319
Chronology 325
Endnotes 335
Bibliography 375
Index 385
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