# Chang Li Ching — Continental Op Stories character guide

> Chang Li Ching in Continental Op Stories by Dashiell Hammett.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Chang Li Ching, Chang, So Chang

**First appearance:** 0036-the-house-in-turk-street

## Who they are

A powerful Chinese figure in the criminal underworld.

## In the story

### [Dead Yellow Women](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/continental_op_stories_se/chapters/dead-yellow-women)

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

### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/continental_op_stories_se/chapters/iii)

Mentioned as a mysterious figure in Spofford Alley; the Op learns of him from Cipriano.

### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/continental_op_stories_se/chapters/iv)

The target of the Op's visit; his house is located on Spofford Alley with a red door.

### [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/continental_op_stories_se/chapters/v)

Old Chinese man in a richly decorated room; engages in elaborate verbal sparring and denies knowledge of the servant murders.

### [Chapter VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/continental_op_stories_se/chapters/vi)

His cellar is the site of suspicious activity; the Op goes to his front door.

### [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/continental_op_stories_se/chapters/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](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/continental_op_stories_se/chapters/x)

Revealed as a leader of the anti-Japanese movement, using Lillian Shan's house for gunrunning and cooperating with The Whistler.

### [XI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/continental_op_stories_se/chapters/xi)

Chang sacrifices his men and sends the narrator a mocking note, revealing his cunning and patriotism.

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