General Shan
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| " | Everything in the West has its price; and the price for her life... information. — Shan to John Watson |
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The General Shan is the main antagonist of the episode "The Blind Banker" (August, 2010) of the English TV series Sherlock. She was the leader of the international gang of smugglers Black Lotus Gang.
Shan and his gang were at one time helped by criminal Jim Moriarty to establish themselves in London, using a chinese-themed circus as a cover for leaving China. However, she soon realised that one of her gang had stolen a jade bar, and so she commissioned Zhi "The Spider" Zhu in intend of punish the potential culprits, Eddie Van Coon and Brian Lukis. However, she was still unable to find her treasure, and was forced to use interference of detective consultant Sherlock Holmes in the hope that he will find the bar in their place. After mistakenly kidnapping his companion John Watson in his place with the intention of confiscating her clip, Shan was definitely thwarted by the detective but managed to escape. Thus, Shan was murdered by Moriarty to guarantee his safety.
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- From the way Soo Lin Yao phrased when talking about her, it's implicit that Shan wasn't her real name. The Shan are an ethnic minority from south-east Asia, including China, leaving the possibilty that Shan could have been one of them. "Shan" is also a other name for Dai people, a ethnic group in China.
- The fact that she points out that everything has its price in the West is likely an allusion to the communist doctrine of her native China, which includes an absence of wage-earning and therefore of prices.
