The three novels cover these actual events The Japanese army fought their way into Shanghai in August 1937, and four years later, on the same day they attacked Pearl Harbour, they invaded Hong Kong. A massive typhoon struck Hong Kong in 1937 and killed 11,000 people. British and Canadian soldiers fought the Japanese in Hong Kong; many died, the rest were interned, and some were later sent to work in Japan as slave labour. Large triad gangs ran drugs, prostitution, protection and other crimes while taking advantage of widespread corruption in the Government and the police. The Colony grew to be a business powerhouse in Southeast Asia, and the trademark ‘Made in Hong Kong’ was born. The most dramatic of all, however, was Mao becoming the world’s biggest murderer in history, killing more than Hitler and Stalin combined. The decision by China to enforce the hundred-year-old treaty, and repossess Hong Kong, led to a number of conflicts and concerns about the future after 1997.
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Chinese Circles (The Shanghai Circle, The Hong Kong Circle, The Mao Circle) by Tony Henderson
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