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	Dirk Struan at AllExperts
		Dirk Lochlin Struan is the fictional main character of James Clavell's novel Tai-Pan.
		Struan began his career as a powder monkey on board an English ship at the Battle of Trafalgar, and from then on he remains bound to the sea.
		The enmity between Struan and Brock is a prominent theme in Clavell's Asian Saga.
	en.allexperts.com /e/d/di/dirk_struan.htm (553 words)

	Jin-qua - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		She was the mother by Dirk Struan of Gordon Chen.
		In return, Struan agreed that a member of the Chen family would forever be compradore of Noble House, the first being Gordon Chen.
		Struan agreed that whenever anyone presented the tai-pan with another half-coin, the tai-pan would be obliged to grant that person one favor, whether legal or illegal.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jin-qua (287 words)

	Struans - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Struan family and company (also called the Noble House in Clavell's novels) is a fictional family featuring heavily in many of the Asian Saga novels by writer James Clavell.
		The Struan family begins its journey with the story of Dirk Struan, a trader of opium and other goods between China and England.
		Dirk is the founder of the Noble House and plays a major role in establishing Hong Kong.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Struans (143 words)

	Tai-Pan, Dell, James Clavell
		Dirk Struan is the Tai Pan (supreme leader) of the Noble House, the largest and strongest of the China traders.
		Struan has acquired many of the habits of the Chinese including bathing 2-3 times a day (as opposed to the rest of the English who believe that bathing renders one susceptible to the "flux") wearing light cloths and boots, and many others.
		Struan is no saint, particularly when viewed from the perspective of the 21st century, or for that matter even when viewed from the perspective of his own time.
	www.sharisgarden.net /mystores/item_0440184622.html (1453 words)

	Noble House
		Quillan Gornt - Tai-pan of Rothwell-Gornt, chief rival of Struan's.
		Dirk Dunross - Dirk McCloud Dunross, fourth tai-pan, born 1852, died 1894, grandfather of Ian Dunross.
		Duncah T'Chung - son of Dirk Struan and May-may. Jin 'May-may' T'Chung - Mistress of Dirk Struan, granddaughter of Jin-qua.
	pedia.newsfilter.co.uk /wikipedia/n/no/noble_house.html (1054 words)

	Tai-Pan By James Clavell
		Dirk Struan or Tai-Pan, is basically the main character in the 734 - page long novel.
		The Age of Sail is at its glorious peak, and the nations of Earth are converging on China with hopes of garnering a profit from one of the most isolated governments in the world.
		It was perfectly legal to smuggle opium, and Struan makes full use of his position in the Noble House to carve a niche for himself and earns himself the enmity of some of the most vicious people in literary history: "Struan felt that Jin-qua was playing him like a fish.
	allfreeessays.com /student/Tai-Pan_By_James_Clavell.html (699 words)

	The Asian Saga - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Hag Struan was tai-pan in everything but name from 1841 until her death in 1917.
		In 1841 when Struan's was on the brink of collapse, Dirk Struan received a loan of silver from the merchant Jin-qua in exchange for a series of favors.
		The first coin was brought to Dirk Struan in 1841 by Wu Fang Choi.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_Asian_Saga (661 words)

	Dirk Dunross (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Dirk McCloud Dunross is a character in James Clavell's Asian Saga, mentioned in the novel Noble House.
		He was born in 1852 and became the fourth tai-pan of Noble House.
		His mother was Winifred Dunross, the daugter of Dirk Struan.
	pedia.newsfilter.co.uk /wikipedia/d/di/dirk_dunross.html (78 words)

	THE DEVIL DOCTOR: The Early history of Fu Manchu
		[2] Struan was a Scotsman who had been in the Chinese trade since 1810 and had risen from a cabin boy to the master of his own vessel to head of the one of the largest trading companies involved in the Chinese trade.
		Struan was however not in a mood to her logical explanation and began to rage at her and Clayton for ruining her and ruining Struan’s plans for her.
		Struan was more than happy to make the arrangement and so his anger towards his daughter cooled; however he remained angry with Clayton because he still felt that Clayton had dishonored his daughter and also Clayton had dishonored him by believing him to be an assassin.
	www.pjfarmer.com /secret/fu/the-devil-doctor.htm (12588 words)

	Amazon.com: "Dirk Struan": Key Phrase page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The founder of Struan and Company was a legend, still is in some ways -Dirk Struan.
		Dirk Struan and Tyler Brock, in Tai-Pan: they were ver- satile, resilient, adventuresome, and ruthless.
		Dirk Struan came up onto the quarterdeck of the flagship H.M.S. Vengeance, and strode for the gangway.
	amazon.com /phrase/Dirk-Struan (332 words)

	Alastair Struan -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Alastair Struan is a character in (additional info and facts about James Clavell) James Clavell's (A extended fictional work in prose; usually in the form of a story) novel (additional info and facts about Noble House) Noble House.
		He was the tai-pan of (additional info and facts about Struan's) Struan's prior to (additional info and facts about Ian Dunross) Ian Dunross, running the company through most of the 1950s.
		His poor management led to the near collapse of Struan's, forcing him to hand control over to Dunross, a man he despised, but who was the only one who could save the company.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/A/Al/Alastair_Struan.htm (110 words)

	DVD.net : Tai-Pan - DVD Review
		Struan’s personal fortune is made from the dubious practice of trading opium and silver with China; understandably, the Chinese government refuses to tolerate the trafficking of the lethal narcotic to its citizens.
		The Chinese forcibly banish Struan and his fellow merchants from the trading port of Canton, instigating a maelstrom of civil disruption which results in the appropriation and the destruction of the British caches of opium and their dockyard facilities.
		Struan, it seems, is ensnared in a twisted web of intrigue; he has a mistress, May-May (Joan Chen), an illegitimate son Gordon Chen (Russell Wong), and his legitimate son Culum (Tim Guinee), recently arrived from Scotland.
	www.dvd.net.au /review.cgi?review_id=807 (1325 words)

	Tai-Pan: Current Amazon U.S.A. One-Edition Data
		Dirk Struan, hero of this adventures, is a strongly written character who you can't help admiring and cheering on.
		Dirk Struan is the Tai-pan (supreme ruler) of the Noble House Trading Company, one of the Hong Kong-based companies that provide England and Europe with the middle-1800s wonder: tea.
		Dirk Struan is a man who should be every boy's Father once in their lives, and for those of us not fortunate enough to know a man like this, Tai Pan fills the void perfectly.
	www.ferretexpert.info /stuff-0689000111.html (2006 words)

	Tai-Pan
		Tai-Pan is a complex tale stretching over 700 pages in length, it introduces a vast array of characters, many of whom, and in quite a few cases the direct relatives, are referenced in later novels.
		Shipping opium into China for bullion and tea to Britain, the China traders have made vast fortunes, non greater than Dirk Struan, the Tai-Pan of the most powerful company in the Far East.
		Struan faces many challenges to keep his dominance though, from the hapless British Plenipotentiary, William Longstaff to his deadly rival Tyler Brock, Tai-Pan of Brock & Sons.
	www.teachtime.com /en/wikipedia/t/ta/tai_pan.html (258 words)

	Internet Book List :: Book Information: Tai-Pan
		Dirk Struan, exiled from his hereditary lands, has by boldness, native intelligence, and natural nobility elevated his smuggling operations to the status of the most respected shipping company in the Far East.
		Now the British have captured the island of Hong Kong, commanding the best port in Asia, and Dirk, envisioning the commercial empires to be built on this bleak rock, wants to resign as Tai-Pan, supreme leader, of Struan and Company, and go to Parliament to secure the future of Hong Kong and the British Empire.
		But Dirk's fortune, his joss, is tied to Hong Kong now, and the mysterious East may not let him go...
	www.iblist.com /book.php?id=3093 (154 words)

	Struans (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The Struan family and company (also called the NobleHouse in Clavell's novels) is a fictional family featuring heavily in many of theAsian Saga novels by writer James Clavell.
		The Struan family begins its journey with the story of Dirk Struan, atrader of opium and other goods between China and England.
		Dirk is the founder of the Noble House and plays a major role inestablishing Hong Kong.
	www.therfcc.org /struans-281698.html (125 words)

	Dirk Dunross -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Dirk McCloud Dunross is a fictional character in (additional info and facts about James Clavell) James Clavell's (additional info and facts about Asian Saga) Asian Saga, mentioned in the novel (additional info and facts about Noble House) Noble House.
		His mother was Winifred Dunross, the daughter of (additional info and facts about Dirk Struan) Dirk Struan.
		Their son Colin Dunross became the eight tai-pan, and their grandson (additional info and facts about Ian Dunross) Ian Dunross the tenth.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/D/Di/Dirk_Dunross.htm (109 words)

	:: rogerebert.com :: Tai-Pan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The movie is a little cagey about its exact time span, but try to figure this out: Struan has two grown sons near the beginning of the story, and so he must be at least 40 or even 45 when the auction is held to sell the land on which Hong Kong will be built.
		Struan (Bryan Brown) is the kind of man who never apologizes and never explains.
		Then all is calm, and Struan observes that we are in the "eye of the hurricane." This must be some hurricane, because the eye alone lasts longer than some of the movie's whole decades, providing Struan with time to return home for the ending, which is romantic, glorious, tempest-tossed, tragic and way overdue.
	rogerebert.suntimes.com /apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19861107/REVIEWS/611070305/1023 (687 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Over the huge doorway was the Struan crest the Red Lion of Scotland entwined with the Green Dragon of China.
		He was a big, ruddy, well-kept Scotsman with a slight paunch and white hair, in his sixties, and he had ruled Struan's for eleven years.
		This was Tess Struan who had married Culum, second tai-pan and son of their founder Dirk Struan, when she was sixteen.
	homepage.psy.utexas.edu /Homepage/Students/Chung/USA/1981xNobleHouse-004.txt (595 words)

	:: Welcome to Manila Bulletin Online ::
		Struan and Tang’s Tea Salon was originally created by two Filipino entrepreneurs, Andrew and Sandy Masigan, who drew inspiration from the 1966 novel "Tai-Pan" by James Clavell.
		In 2002, Struan and Tang’s was purchased by Juan Miguel Ongsiako and Liza Chan-Parpan, who then expanded this concept to include their "Flavours of the Tea Lands," allowing them to draw recipes from other tea cultures outside China, such as India, Japan, Thailand and Malaysia.
		Struan and Tang’s new owners pride themselves in the fact that its original chefs continue to maintain the quality of the Dim Sum and other recipes which have made the name Struan and Tang’s famous.
	www.mb.com.ph /issues/2005/01/28/TOUR2005012827474.html (661 words)

	Movie Database - [TV Guide Online] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Dirk Struan (Bryan Brown), dubbed "Tai-Pan" by all who know him, is a robust Scotsman who takes his trading fleet to the rocky island of Hong Kong, where he intends to build his own port.
		But Struan is having some troubles with Brock (John Stanton), a cruel rival whose brutish son Gorth (Bill Leadbitter) has a penchant for beating prostitutes.
		Meanwhile, Struan's Chinese mistress May-May (Joan Chen) is in lots of trouble with her people.
	online.tvguide.com /movies/database/showmovie.asp?MI=22667 (245 words)

	[No title]
		Skachki prishlis' na chetyrnadcatyj den' posle togo, kak Struan i Mej-Mej pokinuli svoj dom v Schastlivoj Doline i perebralis' na "Otdyhayushchee Oblako".
		Struan nahlobuchil shlyapu emu na golovu i uvlek ego za polog palatki.
		I tut Struan uvidel, chto Tillman, ch'i zuby vsegda byli takimi krepkimi, rovnymi i belymi, stal sovsem bezzubym.
	www.vernet.lv /library/lat/INOSTRHIST/KLAVELL/tajpen.txt_Piece40.33 (4710 words)

	Tai-Pan (1986)
		Dirk's son Culum (Tim Guinee) arrives from Scotland to be groomed to eventually succeed Dirk, and Tyler has a son called Gorth (Bill Leadbitter) who is a nasty piece of work indeed, and a lovely daughter called Tess (Kyra Sedgwick).
		Dirk has a Chinese mistress called Mei Mei (Joan Chen), and seems to be friends with Aristotle Quance (Norman Rodway) who is a shabby and slightly disreputable painter living in a whore-house.
		Shivaun Tillman (Janine Turner) is the niece of an American trader who is determined to ensnare Dirk through her heaving bosoms and as mentioned before Gordon Chen (Russell Wong) is the illegitimate half-Chinese son of Dirk who basically doesn't really do much in the film at all.
	www.michaeldvd.com.au /Reviews/Reviews.asp?ReviewID=352 (1281 words)

	DVD Verdict Review - Tai-Pan
		Struan finds assistance from a Chinese businessman, but the deal he cuts with the wily powerbroker creates a mess of new challenges.
		Struan's a square-jawed hero of such phony charisma and bravado, he'd be the Shatneresque Zapp Brannigan from Futurama if he were a cartoon.
		The only substantive difference between Dirk and Zapp is we're expected to take Dirk as seriously as he takes himself.
	www.dvdverdict.com /reviews/taipan.php (851 words)

	ClickTheCity.com: Struan & Tang's (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Struan & Tang's Tea Salon was originally created by two Filipino entrepreneurs, Andrew & Sandy Masigan, who drew inspiration from the 1966 novel "Tai-Pan" by James Clavell.
		The fictional story focuses on Dirk Struan, the charismatic Tai-Pan, or Supreme Ruler, of the Hong Kong-based British trading company, Noble House, the most powerful company in the Far East.
		Struan & Tang's new owners pride themselves in the fact that all the store's original chefs continue to maintain the quality of the dim sum and other recipes which have made the name Struan & Tang's famous.
	www.clickthecity.com /struanandtangs.asp (609 words)

	Amazon.ca: Tai-Pan: Books: James Clavell (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Brock and Struan have a deep-seeded hatred that is doomed to head for a reckoning.
		Struan is forced to cope with Culum, his resentful, conflicted, naive son, as well as his brother, Robb, and of course May-May. Struan struggles mightily, but he demonstrates that even the Tai-Pan is all too human.
		It centers on Dirk Struan, a manipulative, shrewd, and charismatic man who happens to be the most powerful trader in Asia.
	www.amazon.ca /Tai-Pan-James-Clavell/dp/0440184622 (1433 words)

	Dirk Struan - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		Dirk Struan - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		In the novel, he is an adventurer, egoist, good-hearted and brave man that would defend his family and company against all possible dangers.
		This encyclopedia, history, geography and biography article about Dirk Struan contains research on
	www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Dirk_Struan (99 words)

	Boeken Net Gelezen » Binnenkort beoordeeld
		However, Hollywood producers were seemingly unable to handle the idea of Clavell’s unabashed capitalist hero, making subtle yet profound changes to the story, frustrating Clavell.
		His next novel, Tai-Pan, was a fictional account of Jardine-Matheson’s rise to prominence in Hong Kong, as told through who was to become Clavell’s heroic archetype, Dirk Struan.
		Struan’s descendants would inhabit almost all of his forthcoming books.
	www.netgelezen.be /category/binnenkort-beschikbaar/page/2 (1873 words)

	Noble House
		It also is the nickname of Struan's, the trading company featured prominently in most of Clavell's novels.
		Ed Langan - FBI officer in Hong Kong David MacStruan - Distant cousin of Dunross, head of Struan's Canadian operations.
		Culum Struan - Son of Dirk, secone Tai-Pan.
	www.faqfolio.com /faqfolio/n/no/noble_house.html (986 words)

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