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Perhaps there was truth in the tales whispered by sailormen, tales that Tai-Pan Dirk Struan worshiped the Devil and that in return the Devil had given him power on earth. How else could a man his age look so young and be so strong, with white teeth and all his hair and the reflexes of a youth, when most men would be infirm and used up and near death? The Chinese were terrified of the Old Green-eyed Rat Devil.
— Jun 23, 2026 06:41PM
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“Good sweet Christ! If I were you, Hong Kong, I'd hate me too. You hate the plan! Well, I tell you, the plan's good, by God. Good, you hear? China needs the world and the world needs China. And you're the key to unlock the gates of China, and you know it and I know it, and that's what I'm going to do, and you're going to help!"
Stop it, he said to himself. You're acting like a madman.
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Stop it, he said to himself. You're acting like a madman.
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The island was Hong Kong on the north lip of the huge Pearl River in South China. Inhospitable. Unfertile. Uninhabited except for a tiny fishing village. Squarely in the path of the monstrous storms that yearly exploded from the Pacific. Bordered on the east and on the west by dangerous shoals and reefs. Useless to the Chinese Emperor. But Hong Kong contained the greatest harbor on earth.
— Apr 21, 2026 10:22AM
