▁Malays ia ), ▁and ▁the ▁regiment ' s ▁command ers ▁believed ▁that ▁the ▁inf antry men ▁should ▁be ▁taught ▁the ▁Chinese ▁language ▁and ▁how ▁to ▁handle ▁ch op st icks . ▁Captain ▁Anthony ▁H are ▁announced ▁to ▁the ▁public ▁that ▁the ▁inf antry ▁needed ▁a ▁teacher ▁– ▁an ▁attract ive ▁one . ▁He ▁later ▁acknowled ged ▁that ▁he ▁app ended ▁the ▁teacher ▁" must ▁be ▁attract ive " ▁so ▁that ▁more ▁soldiers ▁would ▁attend ▁the ▁sessions . ▁K wan , ▁in ▁Hollywood ▁at ▁the ▁time , ▁replied ▁via ▁cable : ▁" Please ▁consider ▁me ▁a ▁candidate ▁as ▁Chinese ▁teacher ▁for ▁York shire ▁Light ▁Infantry . ▁I ▁am ▁fl uent ▁in ▁Chinese , ▁fab ul ous ▁with ▁ch op st icks , ▁and ▁fond ▁of ▁uniform s ." ▁Captain ▁H are ▁commented , ▁" Miss ▁K wan ▁is ▁too ▁beautiful . ▁I ▁think ▁she ▁would ▁be ▁too ▁much ▁of ▁a ▁dist raction ." ▁Her ▁tard y ▁request ▁was ▁not ▁evaluated , ▁as ▁the ▁inf antry ▁had ▁already ▁accepted ▁the ▁application ▁of ▁another ▁Chinese ▁woman . ▁ ▁Later ▁films ▁K wan ' s ▁success ▁in ▁her ▁early ▁career ▁was ▁not ▁mirror ed ▁in ▁later ▁years , ▁due ▁to ▁the ▁cultural ▁nature ▁of ▁ 1 9 6 0 s ▁America . ▁Ann ▁Lloyd ▁and ▁Graham ▁Full er ▁wrote ▁in ▁their ▁book ▁The ▁Illustr ated ▁Who ' s ▁Who ▁of ▁the ▁Cinema : ▁" Her ▁E uras ian ▁beauty ▁and ▁imp ish ▁sense ▁of ▁humor ▁could ▁not ▁sust ain ▁her ▁st ard om ". ▁Her ▁later ▁films