Unable to make a living, hejoined the Foreign Legion in Saigon, Vietnam. In May 1941, he returned toShanghai, having received a military passport and, provided he could obtaina work contract, the Japanese authorities were willing to give him a visa to Ti-anjin.137In fact, permission had...
As I write, I have been out of China for over 3 weeks and am past the incubation period for the dreaded Corona virus that has been sweeping China. We were away in Vietnam on a trip just before the Chinese New Year when the pandemic started looking serious, and were able to adapt...