The River at the Centre of the World (53 page)

Junks and Sampans of the Yangtze
, The (Worcester),
409–10

Kai Tak Airport,
33
,
216

Kaixian county,
245

Kallen, Christine,
412

Kangding,
373
,
377
,
379–81
,
383

Kanxi, Emperor,
15

Karaoke,
78
,
79
,
94
,
192

Kashgar,
216

Kathmandu,
327

Kham region,
376–7

Khampas,
376

Kim Il Sung,
141
,
297

King of Muli,
334

Kinsha
, HMS,
269

Kipling, Rudyard,
393

Koreans,
160–61

Kou-an Reach,
107

Kung, Prince,
51

Kunlun
(boat),
148

Kunming,
311
,
330

Kuomintang (KMT),
106
,
215
,
314
,
315

Kyzyl,
381

Labour camps,
396–7

Lamas,
412

Lamas, Princes and Brigands
(Rock & Aris),
412

Lamaseries,
380
,
381
,
383
,
384–5
,
391
,
400

Lancelot Dent and Company,
176

Landslips,
244
,
274

Lao Cai,
366

Large Dams in China
,
256

Lee, J. S.,
229

Lee, Sherman,
9
,
14

Leechuan
(ship),
267

Lei Jiansheng,
357

Leibo,
304

Leiwujie,
394

Lhasa,
327
,
331
,
373–4
,
375
,
376
,
377
,
381
,
383
,
386
,
394
,
397–8
,
400
,
403

Li Bai,
172
,
325
,
375

Li Peng,
233
,
234
,
235
,
237
,
240–42
,
253
,
297

Li Qingjian,
357

Li Siguang,
229

Liaoning province,
89

Lijiang,
327–32
,
336–7
,
338
,
339–40
,
346

Lily (Li Xiaodi),
26–9
and
passim

Lin Huainto,
239

Liquor industry,
297–8

Lishe Jiang,
365

Lithang,
376

Little Orphan Channel,
162–3

Little, Archibald,
264
,
265–6
,
267–8
345
,
411

Liu Rong Bo,
259–60

Locks, ship,
255–6

Logan, Pam,
381
,
389

Logging industry,
316

Long March,
306
,
313–16
,
379

Longgupo Cave,
291–2

Lord Amherst
(ship),
71

Lu, Captain,
299–300

Luding Bridge,
378–9

Luoyang Expedition for Sailing and Exploring the Yangtze,
358

Lushan,
172–4
,
181–92

Lushan Misty Clouds Green Tea,
170
,
182
,
185

Lushan Tea Research Institute,
182–6

Lynn, Madeleine,
409

Ma Lu,
389

Ma Shumou,
114n

Macartney, Lord,
29
,
50
,
101

Macclesfield Bank,
53

Mackay, Ivor,
134

McKenna, Richard,
286
,
410

McWhirter, Norris,
258

Manchuria,
28
,
89
,
130
,
136
,
177

Manchus,
50–51
,
58
,
177
,
206–11
,
265
,
277
,
376
,
377

Mandarin,
26

Mao Zedong,
102
,
140–41
,
148
,
172
,
187–91
,
195–202
,
215
,
217–18
,
230
,
231–2
,
255
,
306
,
313–15
,
324
,
337
,
349

Maps,
29–31
,
270–72
,
409

Marco Polo Bridge incident,
130

Margery, Augustus,
264

Massacre Museum,
133–5
,
138–9

Masseuses,
80

Masuda Rokusuke,
132

Masuda Tomosada,
136
,
138

Matheson, Donald,
176
,
177n

Matsui Iwane,
131

Medicine, Chinese,
339–42

Mei-ling,
172

Meirentuo,
232

Mekong River,
350
,
364
,
373
,
393–4

Meng Jiao,
325

Merrill Lynch,
251
,
253

Meteor-Studded Rapid,
358

Metropolitan Museum of Art,
14

Miao, Mr,
374–5
,
382
,
392
,
395–6
,
397
,
400

Middle Kingdom,
2
,
5
,
12
,
52
,
191
,
327
,
366

Middle Sand Light,
38

Mills, W. P.,
134

Min River,
153
,
295
,
350
,
358

Ming dynasty,
15
,
131
,
189–90
,
350

Minya Konka peak,
335

Miocene Orogeny,
4

Miracle Canal,
158

Mirror Mountain,
162

Misty Foothills Mountains,
365

Mohne Dam,
244

Money-changing scam,
247–8

Monsoons,
151–3

Morgan Stanley,
251
,
253

Moso people,
302–3
,
334–5
,
376

Moulmein,
393

Mukden Railway,
206

Muli,
303

Murdoch, Rupert,
310n