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China Hands: Nine Decades of Adventure, Espionage, and Diplomacy in Asia History_Gift_Guide After walking through the portalJames Lilley's life and family have been entwined with China's fate since his father moved to the country to work for Standard Oil in 1916. Lilley spent much of his childhood in China and after a Yale professor took him aside and suggested a career in intelligence, it became clear that he would spend his adult life returning to China again and again. Lilley served for twenty five years in the CIA in Laos, Tokyo, Hong Kong, and Taiwan before moving to