Shi Qiang

Character from remembrance-of-earths-past by Cixin Liu

Beijing detective, ex-counter-terrorism, the only character who survives meaningfully across all three books — first as Wang Miao's bodyguard, then as Luo Ji's, then as the man who tells Cheng Xin what to do when the universe ends. Crude, brilliant, and entirely unimpressed by aliens.

Also known as: Da Shi, Big Shi, Detective Shi, 史强, Clarence Shi

What They Know

• Every tactic the ETO actually uses on the ground — dead drops, recruitment via bookstores, the way a true believer holds their water glass
• How to interrogate a frightened scientist without breaking him, and how to break him if you have to
• The blueprint of Operation Guzheng, the nanowire ambush that filleted the Judgment Day on the Panama Canal
• Practical advice he gives Luo Ji that turns out to be the foundation of the Wallfacer's entire deterrence strategy
• Where to find decent dumplings at three in the morning in any Chinese city of the Crisis Era

Connections

• ally_of — wang_miao
• ally_of — luo_ji
• ally_of — cheng_xin
• works_for — chang_weisi
• located_in — beijing

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