Part I. Xinjiang : the new frontier. 'Uighurs are like pandas' -- The new Silk Road -- Exiles -- The great game again -- Return to Kashgar -- Three borders -- Uighurstan -- Part II. Tibet : the wild west. The Tibetan borderlands -- Lhasa -- A night at the Nangma -- U-Tsang -- High plateau drifter -- The precious jewel of the snows -- Going down -- Part III. Yunnan : trouble in paradise. Shiny happy minorities -- Dailand -- Down the Mekong -- The Dai diaspora -- With the Wa -- Women for sale -- Part IV. Dongbei : pushing the boundaries. The Pyongyang express -- The third Korea -- Spreading the word -- The Arctic borderlands -- Along the Amur -- An empire expanding.