Xi Xi’s My City was originally serialized in the Express Daily from January 30 to June 30, 1975. Xi Xi wrote a thousand words a day and drew the pictures by herself.
Below are the first nine sections, corresponding to Chapter 1 in My City as published by Hung Fan Books in 1999.
Number 1
Date of publication: 30/1/1975
Article title: “On that day”
Picture title: “It’s sleeping”
Number 2
Date of publication: 31/1/1975
Article title: “A Sunday”
Picture title: “All are sparrows”
Number 3
Date of publication: Undated (probably 1/2/1975)
Picture title: “A pile of faces fall out”
Number 4
Date of publication: 2/2/1975
Picture title: “A sunny morning”
Number 5
Date of publication: 3/2/1975
Article title: “A Sunday morning”
Picture title: “The snow is falling”
Number 6
Date of publication: 4/2/1975
Picture title: “Reading a newspaper”
Number 7
Date of publication: 5/2/1975
Picture title: “Protest against Sunday rain”
Number 8
Date of publication: 6/2/1975
Article title: “It’s afternoon”
Picture title: “Big Ben suddenly strikes”
Number 9
Date of publication: 7/2/1975
Picture title: “In a painting behind the door”
