“Then they said, “Yes, Tai-Pan,” and obeyed.”

[Sara Sugi]

Interesting points raised about the choices Clavell made in his writing. One note, Gordon Chen was the son of Dirk's first Chinese mistress Kai Sung, not May May. I believe May May and Gordon were actually around the same age.

[Russell Smith]

Ah, my bad. Now I need to re-read it again!