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and yellow Chinese flag was raised in its place. A new chapter in the history of Asia, and mankind, had begun.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

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The author wishes to thank the following individuals and organizations for their assistance:

IN THE U.S. AND CANADA:

Kevin Chin, Paul F. Dantuono, Sandra Groark, Alexandra Harris, Dan Harvey, Daisy Koh, Joseph Lau, Hen Chen Lee, Charles Plante, Doug Redenius, David A. Reinhardt, Moana Re Robertson, Kathy Tootelian (for the mahjong illustrations), Mike VanBlaricum, Amanda Wu, Kenneth Yung, and everyone at Viacom New Media.

IN THE U.K.:

Peter Janson-Smith, Carolyn Caughey, Man Wei Tam, Pradip Patel and Rina Gokani of the Chiswick Pharmacy, Corinne B. Turner, the staff of Glidrose Publications Ltd., and the heirs of the late Ian Lancaster Fleming.

IN HONG KONG AND AUSTRALIA:

Sarah Cairns and Henry Ho of the Mandarin Oriental; Terry Foo of the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank; Eric Lockeyear, Mark Bowles, and Peter IP Pau-juk of the Royal Hong Kong Police; Marg Mason of the Kalgoorlie-Boulder Tourist Centre; Jacqueline L.S. Ng; James Pickard; and Jeanie Wong and Stephen Wong of the Hong Kong Tourist Association. Special acknowledgement is made to the Royal Hong Kong Police for permission to use material from the Government Press book Triad Societies in Hong Kong by W.P. Morgan (Crown Copyright Reserved, 1960).