CHASING THE DRAGON

Until it was pulled down, the Walled City was Hong Kong's most foreboding territory. It was a lawless place, dominated by the Triads and which the police hesitated to enter. Strangers were unwelcome. Drug smuggling and heroin addiction flourished, as did prostitution and pornography, extortion and fear. Rats and gangsters flourished in this notorious, sprawling warren of slums known as the Kowloon district and it truly was one of the most dangerous places on earth. When Jackie Pullinger set sail from England in 1966, she had no idea that God was calling her to the Walled City. Yet as she spoke of Jesus Christ, brutal Triad gangsters were converted, prostitutes quit, and Jackie discovered a new treatment for drug addiction - baptism in the Holy Spirit. Her book is an amazing testimony that continues to inspire millions today, first published in 1980 and reprinted subsequently and now in 2010 paperback with a new introduction and chapters 16 and 17 with overviews from more than 20 years. 'We have little evidence as to what happened to those whom Jesus healed in the Gospels. The accounts mostly stopped suddenly. This new edition will not finish their stories but is some attempt to update our situation.' 'The Walled City has gone. Even Hang Fook Camp, our urban squat, has gone too.' With useful glossary, 254 page paperback.