From the archive: The secret deportations: how Britain betrayed the Chinese men who served the country in the war – podcast | News

We’ve scoured the Guardian Long Read archives to bring you some classics from years gone by, with new introductions from the authors.

This week, from 2021: During the Second World War, Chinese merchant seamen helped keep Britain fed, fueled and safe – and many gave their lives doing it. But from the end of 1945, hundreds of them, who settled in Liverpool, suddenly disappeared. Now their children are piecing together the truth. By Dan Hancox

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