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Chang Li Ching

A powerful Chinese figure in the criminal underworld.

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Also known as Chang Li Ching, Chang, So Chang

Chang Li Ching shows up with force in Dead Yellow Women. The page is where that presence becomes real.

A key figure in the Chinatown criminal network, involved in the case.

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In Dead Yellow Women: A key figure in the Chinatown criminal network, involved in the case. Later, in III: Mentioned as a mysterious…

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Dead Yellow Women
A key figure in the Chinatown criminal network, involved in the case.
III
Mentioned as a mysterious figure in Spofford Alley; the Op learns of him from Cipriano.
IV
The target of the Op's visit; his house is located on Spofford Alley with a red door.
V
Old Chinese man in a richly decorated room; engages in elaborate verbal sparring and denies knowledge of the servant murders.
Chapter VI
His cellar is the site of suspicious activity; the Op goes to his front door.
VII
Receives the Op with ceremonial language, denies knowledge of the previous day's death, and leaves to attend to domestic affairs after shots are heard.
X
Revealed as a leader of the anti-Japanese movement, using Lillian Shan's house for gunrunning and cooperating with The Whistler.
XI
Chang sacrifices his men and sends the narrator a mocking note, revealing his cunning and patriotism.

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