It sounds like an adventure straight out of an Ian Fleming novel: lads still wet-behind-the-ears taught Chinese and then stationed in Hong Kong in the late fifties, spying on communications from beyond the bamboo curtain. It was indeed a life-changing experience, as the group recalls more than 60 years later.
Language
English
Pages
311
Format
Kindle Edition
Release
June 24, 2014
Chinese Whispers: Listening to China: RAF Chinese Linguists remember 1956-58
It sounds like an adventure straight out of an Ian Fleming novel: lads still wet-behind-the-ears taught Chinese and then stationed in Hong Kong in the late fifties, spying on communications from beyond the bamboo curtain. It was indeed a life-changing experience, as the group recalls more than 60 years later.