作者：John T. Lee
出版社：City University of Hong Kong Press
出版年份：2026
語言：English
ISBN：9789629377618
 
內容簡介
The first half of the 20th century was a time of great change in China. After the 1911 Revolution, leaders like Sun Yat-sen and Chiang Kai-shek tried to modernize the government, education, defense, and more. With the onset of the Second Sino-Japanese War and later occupation of Hong Kong, the focus of both the Kuomintang and the Chinese Communist Party shifted to resistance efforts in order to survive. And who did they turn to for help?

To his children, Lee Sik-pang (李錫彭) was just an artist and antiques dealer in Hong Kong until the family immigrated to the United States in the late 1950s. So why did several of his watercolor paintings depict possible Allied bombing targets? And how did he know so many famous people, including Sun Fo (Sun Yat-sen’s son), Admiral Henry Hsu of the Republic of China Navy, and the British High Commissioner-General for Southeast Asia Malcolm MacDonald?

By answering these questions and many more, this book argues that Lee Sik-pang was not only an accomplished artist, but also a well-connected covert operative first for the Republic of China in the 1930s and then for the Allies during World War II. Tracing his family history from Guangdong province to the California Gold Rush, from the Chinese Mass Education Movement to the British Z Force, the author makes the case that his father and, possibly, his mother, were not simply cultural leaders but geopolitical figures.
 
作者簡介：
John T. Lee
Born in Hong Kong, John T. Lee moved to the United States with his family at age 12. He holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in electrical engineering from San Jose State University. After serving in the US Army for three years, he spent more than 40 years in the semiconductor industry first in design, then project management and sales, retiring as a Vice President of Marketing and Sales. His significant experience in product definition, systems and functional analysis, and product positioning have informed his research and writing after retirement.
 
 
目錄
CHAPTER 1
The Mystery of My Great-Grandfather, Grandparents, Early Revolutionaries, and Heroes of the Republic of China
CHAPTER 2
The Mystery of My Father, S.P. Lee: Artist, Propagandist, and Spy—The Making of “Big Lee”
CHAPTER 3
The Mystery of the Trans-Siberian Railroad: My Mother’s Long Trip Back to China
CHAPTER 4
Mr. and Mrs. “Big Lee” During the Japanese Occupation of Hong Kong and World War II
CHAPTER 5
Mysteries After World War II: Doctor Solomon, The Sino-British Club, and the Chicken Head