, but was soon sent back to Hong Kong to attend the China Drama Academy. He continued to spend lengthy periods in Canberra with his parents, briefly attending a local high school. Living in Australia for 40 years, Charlie Chan went from head cook at the US embassy to a successful local restaurant owner, though most of his final years were spent in Hong Kong with his actor son after his wife died. "Australia and Canberra really took care of my family for more than 40 years," Chan said, ...