Suzhou is China's fabled garden city and the family home of architect I.M. Pei. To help prevent the loss of the city's cultural resources to encroaching development, Suzhou's enlightened mayor summoned an energetic team of landscape architects and planners from EDAW and the Pei Group. They introduced the workshop format to China. This is the lively account of a landmark cross-cultural exchange — the process, the plan, and the personalities.