BS! There are more english speaking chinese people in mainland China, than there americans in CONUS.
Stranded in China without money? A bit hard to believe.
Chinese going out of their way to help? that's a joke.
IMHO, this seasoned traveller fell in "love" with a tiger girl and was cleaned out; too embarassed to state what really happened.
Good call, I'm inclined to believe that myself.
Although the next time I see one of those AmEx or rent a car commercials that portray yuppies as 'road warriors', I'll always remember this wuss.