What time is it, Mr. Wu?
stories of a changing China
Published 2010 by Paul Mould, Lincolnshire (p.mould@yahoo.com) at £12 inc. post and package. Special rates for multiple copies and for overseas delivery.
The stories include:
The Christmas Punch
A woman with a Christmas secret.
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Duty Calls
A young woman struggles with family pressure, in her choice of a partner.(broadcast now and again on the BBC World Service)
Copy Cat
A music graduate from the Chinese countryside is trapped into life in the Shanghai underworld, as a consequence of her obsession with a sophisticated older woman.
A Blow To The Head
An elderly spinster from the west wishes to continue working in China, even though she has become more objectionable to and more irritated by the Chinese as the years pass by. However, she may have left it too late, to leave the country for her own physical and mental well-being.
The Postmistres
A feisty woman, constantly in the public eye (but behind bars), finds a way to show her gossiping customers that her husband may not be as tame as they think he is.
An Exchange Visit
Nepotism at work on a university campus; the old guard hanging on to their power.
Body and Soul
Mixed feelings in a hospital community, when a young and personable nurse from overseas is rumoured to be both gay and a covert missionary.
A Joint Venture
An interplay between religion and commerce.
Good Breeding Stock
A young female tourist guide, married to a Scottish football coach, goes missing in remote countryside.
What You Wish For
A man of low self-esteem is `fixed up' with a wife.
Break Dance
An ageing rock star has the chance to relive his youth for an evening, in the company of Shanghai teenagers.
Taking a Liberty
A grandmother's revenge on a young Law student who seduces her grand-daughter.
The Mountain Roads
Apparently innocent activities in China’s far west, and how they cause an Englishman to fly out to Beijing, to help his son deal with “a spot of bother".
Because It's There
An old man in the countryside wants to prevent his young neighbour finding out where her husband was trying to go, on the night he died.
Window of Opportunity
What time is it, Mr Wu?
Mr Wu has become wealthy and influential over the years, but in the “New China" a darker side remains, where he is still powerless to protect either his own countrymen, or his employees from the west.
From March 1st 2010, each week we will publish full stories from the Mr Wu collection, on this website.
Copies of the book are available from any bookshop, or Amazon and the like, direct from the publisher (p.mould@yahoo.com) or from China Here And There at contact us. Please also contact us with any queries regarding the book or the accompanying notes.
