The Thirteen Taibao of Shanghai: Storms Rise Again, Part Two

May 1949 to the early 1950s. The flames of war have faded across China, and the Five-Star Red Flag flies high. The smoke of Shanghai’s liberation has yet to fully clear, and the newborn republic is in desperate need of rebuilding, even as undercurrents stir. The retreating remnants of the Kuomintang, enemy agents in hiding, the dregs of the old era, and the order of the new society collide fiercely. The world has entered the early Cold War. Covert conflict shifts from the blood and fire of open warfare to silent espionage and technological competition.