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BEIJING UNBOUND (40)

The Hard Strike crackdown. Big Ten taken in. Huamei whisked away. Jim packs up. Kirk gets paranoid. Even as destruction looms, little acts of kindness…

Dec 6

BEIJING UNBOUND (39)

Jim gets word confirming expulsion. Kirk tries to cheer him up with some gallows humor. One of Huamei's plainclothes minders puts it all in perspective.

Dec 4

November 2025

BEIJING UNBOUND (38)

Jim gets an invitation to talk about something he can't talk about. Kirk suggests he leave town. Huamei loses control of her fate and is no longer able…

Nov 30

BEIJING UNBOUND: Story of Huamei and Jim

"Scaling the Ramparts" is out as an e-book. "Breaching the Citadel" and "Crossing the Line" will soon follow. Each volume presents a refrain in the…

Nov 28

BEIJING UNBOUND (37)

The Crimson Prince strikes hard with his Hard Strike campaign. Big Ten is all but friendless after being taken in for questioning. Jim decides to pay…

Nov 25

BEIJING UNBOUND (36)

The commotion of a traffic accident at East Gate draws Jim out of his room. A big crowd has gathered. He doesn't see anyone he knows, but he recognizes…

Nov 22

BEIJING UNBOUND (35)

With Huamei in hiding, the Crimson Prince readying a "Hard Strike" campaign, Big Ten on the lam, and Kirk in rehab, Jim doesn't know which way to turn.

Nov 21

BEIJING UNBOUND (34)

After an awkward dinner, Jim is spirited into the secretive compound where the Crimson Prince works and lives. It's a beautiful moonlit night, but…

Nov 18

BEIJING UNBOUND (33)

The cuckolded prince invites his American teacher to a down-home dinner that's so bad it's good all the while regaling him with clumsy, awkward talk so…

Nov 16

BEIJING UNBOUND (32)

An evening so crazy that conducting a "Chinese fire drill" on Tiananmen Square was one of the quieter moments of an ongoing ordeal that ended smack at…

Nov 13

BEIJING UNBOUND (31)

Huamei elopes, but not without remorse. Pretty soon she's back in Beijing acting as if nothing had happened, but something had, and she doesn't know…

Nov 12

BEIJING UNBOUND (30)

Huamei's coming out party is a dignified affair until it isn't. Even before it comes to an ill-considered finish, it's a public relations disaster in…

Nov 10

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