“When the rooster crows at  dawn”

Dear 爷爷 (grandpa) , I’m taking you back to 南洋 Nanyang (the “southern seas”) tonight. In early 1949, you were transferred from Taiping detention camp onto a train, and deported by British from the port of Singapore, sailing seven days and seven nights to Swatow/Shantou in southern China. Tonight, I’m taking you from Beijing to…

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