Mambo in Chinatown

All my love to my family, especially Chow (Joe) and Justine, who helped me so much with research and their great insight. Also thanks to Alex, Amanda, Choi, David, Diana, Elaine, Elton, Eton, Je

ifer, Jonathan, Kam, Kitty, Lai Fong, Min, Ping, Walter, Wendy and York. I’ll always keep my late brother Kwan in my heart, alongside my parents, Shuet-King and Shun. I also can’t forget the Kluwer family: Gerard, Betty, Michael, Sander, Matz, Meijs, Otis and Renée van Duren, Yvo

e Kruis, plus Anita, Tommy and Eva Racz. Finally, my deepest love and gratitude to Erwin, Stefan and Milan, who put up with me through all those months of writing, traveling and burned food. And I must mention our three cats, Anibaba, Sushi and Timoto, who did a great job of lying across my keyboard to keep it warm.