title: The Ninja and the Diplomat: The Chinese Spymaster, vol. 2 (Volume 2)
author: Hock G Tjoa
description: Hock G. Tjoa was born in Singapore to Chinese parents. He studied history at Brandeis and Harvard and taught European history and Asian political thought at the University of Malaya in Kuala Lumpur. He is married and lives with his family in the Sierra Nevada foothills of California. In 2010, he published The Battle of Chibi, selections translated from "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" (one of four traditional Chinese classics). In 2011, he adapted Lao She's "Tea House," Mandarin original dated 1953, publishing it as Heaven is High and the Emperor Far Away, a Play. Both are part of his goal to contribute to a wider and greater understanding of China and Asia. Hock published The Ingenious Judge Dee, a Play and The Chinese Spymaster, volume 1: Operation Kashgar in 2013 and Agamemnon Must Die, a retelling of Aeschylus Oresteia in 2014. He is pleased now to release The Ninja and the Diplomat, volume 2 of The Chinese Spymaster.
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  THE NINJA AND THE DIPLOMAT
  
  
  (The Chinese Spymaster, volume 2)
  
  
  
  
  
  By Hock G. Tjoa
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
  
  
  
  
  Copyright, 2015
  
  
  Print version published by Createspace
  
  
  Cover design by Dawné Dominique,
  
  
  www.dawntildushdesigns.com
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
  
  
  
  
  From the back cover of the print edition:
  
  
  
  
  
  ***COMRADE BRODSKY REPORTS THAT THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC WILL ATTACK ASEAN***
  
  
  
  
  
  The Chinese intelligence agency received this message from a trusted asset. He
  had just completed the sale of MANPADs, manually portable anti-aircraft
  devices, in Macau.
  
  
  
  
  
  His customer was Carlos a.k.a. Hashim. What buy arms for the rebels in the
  Philippines?
  
  
  
  
  
  A logistics manager suspected of stealing from the Chinese Army warehouse is
  found murdered. The ensuing review of the warehouse inventory shows that a
  twelve MANPADs and a dozen tactical nuclear devices have been stolen recently.
  
  
  
  
  
  A high-ranking foreign ministry official, key to managing a brewing
  international crisis, is 