Gordon Chen (1821-1907) is a character in the James Clavell Asian Saga novels Tai-Pan and Gai-Jin. James Clavell, born Charles Edmund Dumaresq Clavell ( 10 October, 1924 – 7 September, 1994) was a British (later Tai-Pan is a novel written by James Clavell about European and American traders who move into Hong Kong in 1841 following Gai-Jin ( Japanese, "Foreigner" is a 1993 novel by James Clavell, chronologically the third book in his Asian Saga, He is the illegitimate Chinese/Scottish son of Dirk Struan, founder of Struan's Trading Company, called the "Noble House". Dirk Lochlin Struan is the fictional main character of James Clavell 's Novel Tai-Pan. The Struan family and company (also called the Noble House in Clavell's Novels is a fictional family featuring heavily in many of the Asian Saga novels At the time of the novel Tai-Pan, he is about twenty.
Chen decided he would be "more Chinese than British". He was remarkably intelligent and a very skilled businessman. He longed for recognition of some kind from his father, and decided to become indispensable to him. Through a deal made between Dirk Struan and Jin-qua, Gordon Chen managed part of Struan's money, investing in land and businesses like moneylending. Jin-qua, is a character in James Clavell 's Novel Tai-Pan. His full Chinese name is Chen-tse Jin Arn He succeeded his adopted father Chen Sheng as comprador of Struan's during the time where Culum Struan was Tai-pan.
Chen became the leader of the Hong Kong Triads at a very young age and, partly due to financial help from his father and also due to running protection rackets, became the richest man in Hong Kong. He kept this piece of information away from his father, even though he extorted money from Dirk Struan. His position was nearly ruined when his status as head of the Triad was revealed; fortunately the fact was dismissed as a lie, although Dirk Struan was not entirely convinced of this.
As part of his efforts to protect his father, he arranged for the assassination of Gorth Brock and tried to acquire a cure for May-May's malaria.
Chen planned on placing spies on Struan's ships, and by the time of the novel Gai-Jin, his spies had been placed among the Chinese servants of important European officials in Japan. The Struan family and company (also called the Noble House in Clavell's Novels is a fictional family featuring heavily in many of the Asian Saga novels
He became known as Illustrious Chen for his great wealth and social status among the native Chinese people of Hong Kong by the time of the novel Gai-Jin. China ( Wade-Giles ( Mandarin) Chung¹kuo² is a cultural region, an ancient Civilization, and depending on perspective a National Hong Kong ( officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, is a territory located on China 's south coast on the Pearl River Delta, and borders
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