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Tai-Pan, a 1966 novel by James Clavell Tai-Pan, a 1986 film based on Clavell's novel "Taipan", a song from the album Circus Animals (1982) by the Australian band Cold Chisel; Taipan, the new name for the Thrillseeker (roller coaster) Taipan!, a computer game for the Apple II and TRS-80 "The Taipan", a 1922 short story by W. Somerset Maugham
Taipan! is a 1979 turn-based strategy computer game written for the TRS-80 and ported to the Apple II in 1982. [1] It was created by Art Canfil and the company Mega Micro Computers, and published by Avalanche Productions.
Dirk Lochlin Struan (1797–1841) is the fictional main character of James Clavell's 1966 novel Tai-Pan.The title comes from a Cantonese term that Clavell loosely translates as "supreme leader", and Struan is the Tai-pan or head of his own trading company in China, Struan & Company.
Tai-Pan is a 1966 novel written by James Clavell about European and American traders who move into Hong Kong in 1842 following the end of the First Opium War. It is the second book in Clavell's Asian Saga , and the first to feature the fictional Struan family.
(The Center Square) – While many states expanded and adopted school choice programs in 2024, some advocates are excited about new education options for families in 2025 – made possible because ...
Tai-Pan is a 1986 adventure drama film directed by Daryl Duke, loosely based on James Clavell's 1966 novel of the same name.While many of the same characters and plot twists are maintained, a few smaller occurrences are left out.
Scout Willis is sharing an inside look at her family-filled month — including a sweet moment spent with her dad, Bruce Willis.. The 33-year-old musician shared an Instagram post on Monday, Dec ...
The term gained wide currency outside China after the publication of Somerset Maugham's 1922 short story "The Taipan" and James Clavell's 1966 novel Tai-Pan, and was film adapted in 1986, directed by Daryl Duke. The term was used to describe the protagonist's family in Empire of the Sun.