province of Anhui. As they date and eventually become lovers, she expresses her desperate wish to remain on equal footing with him, despite the disparity in their incomes. In the end, Harvey is not able to fully understand her concerns and their relationship is not able to overcome cultural and social obstacles. "For You" An American photographer, Lewis, moves with his wife Melinda when her Boston-based company posts her in Hong Kong. Her new job forces her to work longer hours and offers fewer benefits. Unable to adjust to their new life, he retreats at her urging to a Zen monastery in South Korea. After some time, he finally realizes that in order to save his marriage, he has to tell his wife he cannot handle living in Hong Kong, and risks the possibility of divorce. "The Ferry" An African-American lawyer, Marcel Thomas, must tell another African-American working for his company, who is based in Hong Kong, that he is being fired. As the story unfolds, it becomes clear that while racism is involved, no one party is completely innocent of wrongdoing, as the Hong Kong businessman, Wallace Ford, admits to participating in illegal activities at the behest of the company. In return for Wallace's silence about such actions, he receives a very generous retirement package. Throughout his stay, Marcel must endure attention because of his race, but in the closing scene feels grateful that he is "gwai lo" in Cantonese, or "ghost", and in a sense invisible. (note that the correct here should be huckgwei) "Heaven Lake" A Chinese man in Hong Kong is raising his two daughters, twelve and sixteen, after the death of their mother six years before. The distance between them causes him to reflect on his early days in New York City, when he worked as a deliveryman for a Chinese restaurant for very little money while studying at Columbia University on a scholarship. One late night, he received a call for a large order in a dangerous part of the city, and upon delivery was mugged. The mugger is a man desperate for enough money to repay a bookie and escape danger. The young deliveryman ended up letting the mugger face his own danger rather than assisting him, and wonders about the morality of his decision. "Revolutions" An American painter who was thriving in Bangkok, Thailand, breaks a leg and must relocate to Hong