During the Japanese Occupation of Hong Kong, Wu Guo Qiang’s grandmother fled to the Mainland with Wu Guo Qiang’s two elder sisters and sought support from Wu Hua You who was serving in the Operation Corps of the East River Column.Zeng Sheng the Commander received them and gave them a place to livestay. Grandmother helped make making meals for the force army in return. After the War, Wu Hua You returned to Hong Kong with his family, but their home in Nga Tsin Wai had been demolished by the Japanese armies. (It was situated outside Nga Tsin Wai, today’s Kai Tak Nullah.) Wu Hua You lived in Hong Kong in the period between 1946 and 1949 when his eldest son Guo Qiang was born. (Wu Guo Qiang had a birth certificate but it was lost). On the eve of the liberation of Guangzhou, his father Wu Hua You was summoned by the South China Regional regional bureau to return to the Mainland and help with the taking over of Guangzhou. But, instead of going through Lo Wu land contro limmigration check points, he crossed the border illegally. Towards the end of 1950, his father Ng Wah You arranged his mother, wife and children (i.e. Guo Qiang and his two elder sisters) to move to Guangzhou, where the whole family had lived since then.