Escape from Hong Kong
Posted: December 16th, 2011 | No Comments »Mentioned this before as a radio interview but Tim Luard’s Escape from Hong Kong about the dramatic escape from the Colony of Admiral Chan Chak is now available
Escape from Hong Kong
Admiral Chan Chak’s Christmas Day Dash, 1941
Tim Luard
Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Studies Series
“Tim Luard tells this exciting and little known story with great skill. Some of us departed from Hong Kong much more comfortably! But we missed this extraordinary adventure.” — Chris Patten, governor of Hong Kong, 1992–97
-Â A gripping account of the escape that draws on a wealth of primary sources in both English and Chinese.
– Sheds new light on the role played by the Chinese in the defence of Hong Kong, on the diplomacy behind the escape, and on the guerillas who carried the Admiral in a sedan chair as they led his party over the rivers and mountains of enemy-occupied China.
- Will appeal not just to military and other historians and those with a special interest in Hong Kong and China but also to anyone who appreciates a good old-fashioned adventure story.
Tim Luard is a former Beijing correspondent for the BBC World Service.
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