Escape from Hong Kong Admiral Chan Chaks Christmas Day Dash, 1941

On December 25, 1941, the day of Hong Kong's surrender to the Japanese, Admiral Chan Chak, the Chinese government's chief agent in Hong Kong, and more than sixty Chinese, British and Danish intelligence, naval and marine personnel made a dramatic escape from the invading army. This gripping account of the escape draws on a wealth of primary sources in both English and Chinese and 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.