Mr Yee's Fate

It's really put where the ambiguities can't be resolved, isn't it? The earlier paper burning did make him look like a double. And a double might have had to let things go as they must once the plot was busted, to maintain his own cover. And this is a good spot to note that in history, the members of Wang Jingwei's regime did not do very well after that government and its Japanese protectors fell, with many suicides and executions. By 1942 with the United States in the war against Japan, the militarily aware felt that it was only a matter of time before the logistical fragility of Japan's position led to failure, a very bad feeling for morale.

However, I kind of think that Yee was just a risk-taker, maybe in part because he had fallen out with the Wang Jingwei cause, as many of Wang's early followers did, and because knew that what he did in the torture sessions had pretty much destroyed himself. He also was a ruthless bastard, if I may use that word here, and quite sure of himself, the kind who might walk all the way into the trap to get his quarry. Consider again the meaning of the teahouse scene, which really ends with the request to go to Saed Uddin the next day.


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