His grandfather was a good friend of Chinese National Revolutionary Army General Ku Chu-tung (Gu Zhutong, Chinese: 顧祝同) and after displaying his martial arts skills, Charles became General Gu's orderly which was similar to being a personal guard according to Charles[unreliable source?].

He lost his job as an orderly when he accidentally pulled the trigger of his automatic rifle which startled him causing him to drop it.

Upon the fourth day of their imprisonment, he and his group had their hands tied behind their backs and were taken to witness an execution[unreliable source?].

Charles, while recalling this horrific experience in the film documentary, Traces of a Dragon: Jackie Chan and his Lost Family, said that he and the other six workers in his group, upon witnessing another execution, became like zombies[unreliable source?].

[1] Through political connections, a relative of Charles pleaded with the Japanese authorities to release him from prison[citation needed].

Deciding to quit his job on the cargo ship, Charles returned to General Gu, who was Dai Li's boss, to ask for help.

This time, General Gu got Charles a job in the Intelligence Bureau of the Administration Office as a Secret Agent of the First War Zone.

Charles then led his entire unit of 38 men to the headquarters in Shanghai where they all intended to formally hand in their resignations[citation needed].

In the meantime, the Japanese Army were taking the coastal cities of China with overwhelming force causing the Chinese population to continually move further and further inland.

In the meantime, due to Charles having been a former Secret Agent for the Nationalists, his life was in danger and he felt he had no other choice but to leave his two young sons behind and flee Wuhu.

Jackie Chan, the US ambassador Robert McCallum, and former ACT chief ministers Kate Carnell and Gary Humphries were in attendance.

Her first husband was killed from bombs from air raids in Wuhan and at the age of 28, she was left to single-handedly raise her two daughters, Yulan (who was 12 years old when her father died) and Guilan (four at the time)[citation needed].

Lee-lee left Wuhan for lack of money, went to Shanghai at the age of 29 and at the train station, she told her daughters that she would be back.

By studying English, Lee-Lee found employment as a maid in a foreigner's home and worked extremely hard.

Lee-lee Chan died on 28 February 2002, in Canberra, Australia, aged around 85, and was buried in the Gungahlin Cemetery.

At the age of 7, he was enrolled for the maximum 10 years at the China Drama Academy under the cruel Dickensian head teacher, Master Yu Jim-Yuen where he learned the skills of Chinese Opera such as martial arts, acrobatics, singing and dancing with very little emphasis on academics.

After he had earned enough money for an airline ticket for Lee-lee, he sent for her which meant that after she joined him Australia and also found employment at the US Embassy as a maid, Jackie was left in the care of Master Yu Jim-Yuen.

After Jackie graduated from the China Drama Academy, Charles bought him an apartment in Hong Kong.

When Jackie learned of this, his resentment towards his parents for leaving him behind in Hong Kong disappeared as he realised they were working so hard for their son and his future.

He also updated the genealogy by adding Jackie's real name into the records as 房仕龍 (Fáng Shìlóng or Fong Si Lung).