Wong Chia-chi

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Wong Chia-chi is the young Chinese student-turned-spy at the center of Ang Lee’s film and Eileen Chang’s novella "Lust, Caution," whose dangerous mission and conflicted emotions drive the story’s exploration of desire, betrayal, and political intrigue in wartime Shanghai.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character
film character
literary character
affiliation Chinese resistance group
appearsIn Lust, Caution
Lust, Caution (2007 film)
linked to: Lust, Caution

Lust, Caution (novella)
linked to: Lust, Caution
basedOn real-life resistance activities in wartime Shanghai
characterTrait conflicted
courageous
idealistic
naive
creator Eileen Chang
fictionalUniverse Lust, Caution universe
linked to: Lust, Caution
gender female
languageOfCharacter Mandarin Chinese
mission to seduce and help assassinate Mr. Yee
narrativeFunction central point-of-view character
nationality Chinese
occupation spy
student
placeOfResidence Shanghai
portrayedBy Tang Wei
relationship lover of Mr. Yee (undercover)
role protagonist
themeInvolvement betrayal
desire
identity
political intrigue
sacrifice
timePeriod Japanese-occupied Shanghai
Second Sino-Japanese War

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Lust, Caution mainCharacter Wong Chia-chi