The setting of the novel is set in San Francisco during the pre-World War II era.
Japan followed the lead of Western countries by forcing China into treaties and economic gains
of other countries. In 1931, Chinese Nationalists challenged Japans rule over Manchuria. Later Manchuria gained
independence, that same year Japan bombed Shanghai to keep control of the area.
On November 8, 1932 Roosevelt was elected President of the United States.
The Olympic Games start on August 1, 1936 in Belin, Germany.
