This book is based on the research I did in University of Surrey Roe- hampton in London， UK. A few weeks after I first arrived， one day， guided by two professors from my university， I was on a research tour along the River Thames. We went to Limehouse， where Chinatown in London was supposed to have developed in the 19th century， asso- ciated with the crews of merchantmen in the opium and tea trades， particularly for Han Chinese. The area achieved notoriety for opium dens in the late 19th century， often featuring in novels by Sax Rohm- er（1883- 1959）and others. The history professor in the group， who was doing research on Chinese immigration history in London， spoke of the images of Chinese people portrayed in Sax Rohmer's works.
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