Triad (Simplified: 三合会; Traditional: 三合會; Hanyu Pinyin: Sānhéhuì; literally "Triad Society") is a collective term that describes many branches of an underground society and organizations based in Hong Kong and also operating in Mainland China, Macao, and Chinatowns in Europe, North America, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand. There are about 50 triad groups that are active in modern Hong Kong; many of them are no more than small, local street gangs. The larger groups, including t ...

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• Triad - History of triads
• Triad - Precursor to triads—Tian Di Hui
• Triad - Post-imperial developments
• Triad - Migration to Hong Kong
• Triad - Sustenance from 1980s
• Triad - Activities overseas
• Triad - Recent developments
• Triad - Triad groups
• Triad - The 14K Triad
• Triad - The Sun Yee On
• Triad - The Wo Group
• Triad - Triad culture
• Triad - Triad organizational structure
• Triad - Gang fighting
• Triad - Organized crime
• Triad - Dealing with triad problems in schools
• Triad - How triads are tackled in Hong Kong
• Triad - Portrayal of triad societies in popular culture
• Triad - Public figures alleged to have or have had triad ties
• Triad - List of Triads Tongs and Chinese Gangs
• Triad - Triads
• Triad - Tongs
• Triad - Chinese Gangs
• Triad - Miscellaneous information

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Triad, Triad - History of triads, Triad - Precursor to triads—Tian Di Hui, Triad - Post-imperial developments, Triad - Migration to Hong Kong, Triad - Sustenance from 1980s, Triad - Activities overseas, Triad - Recent developments, Triad - Triad groups, Triad - The 14K Triad, Triad - The Sun Yee On, Triad - The Wo Group, Triad - Triad culture, Triad - Triad organizational structure, Triad - Gang fighting, Triad - Organized crime, Triad - Dealing with triad problems in schools, Triad - How triads are tackled in Hong Kong, Triad - Portrayal of triad societies in popular culture, Triad - Public figures alleged to have or have had triad ties, Triad - List of Triads, Tongs and Chinese Gangs, Triad - Triads, Triad - Tongs, Triad - Chinese Gangs, Triad - Miscellaneous information

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Triad - Triads. 14K Group 14K Chung 14K Chung Yee Tang 14K Hau 14K Kia 14K Lun 14K Mui 14K Ngai 14K Sai Yee Tong 14K Shun 14K Tak 14K Yee 14K Yung Wo Group Wo Shing Wo Wo Shing Yee Wo On Lok (Shui Fong) Wo Hop To Wo Lee Kwan Wo Kao Chi Wo Kwan Lok Wo Lee Wo Wo Sing Tong Wo Yau Wo Wo ...

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Triad, Triad - History of triads, Triad - Precursor to triads—Tian Di Hui, Triad - Post-imperial developments, Triad - Migration to Hong Kong, Triad - Sustenance from 1980s, Triad - Activities overseas, Triad - Recent developments, Triad - Triad groups, Triad - The 14K Triad, Triad - The Sun Yee On, Triad - The Wo Group, Triad - Triad culture, Triad - Triad organizational structure, Triad - Gang fighting, Triad - Organized crime, Triad - Dealing with triad problems in schools, Triad - How triads are tackled in Hong Kong, Triad - Portrayal of triad societies in popular culture, Triad - Public figures alleged to have or have had triad ties, Triad - List of Triads Tongs and Chinese Gangs, Triad - Triads, Triad - Tongs, Triad - Chinese Gangs, Triad - Miscellaneous information

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The 14K Triad (十四K) was reportedly the largest triad gang worldwide in the mid-1990s. It was formed after the Second World War and the Chinese Civil War, with the Kuomintang fleeing the Communist Chinese. In 1997 there were a number of gang related attacks that left 14 people dead. The 14K triad under Wan Kuok-koi (nicknamed 崩牙駒 Lit. Broken Tooth Koi) was being challenged by the smaller Shui Fong (水房 Lit. Water Room, originated from a workers' union of the legacy Hong Kong ...

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Regional crime Melbourne Northern Territory Western Australia Sydney Timeline Australian law Courts Criminal law Law enforcement Australian people Bushrangers Convicts Criminals Murderers Prisoners Australian prisons ACT - NSW - NT - QLD SA - TAS - VIC - WA Including:

• 5T - Rise of the 5T
• 5T - Heyday of the 5T
• 5T - Breakup of the 5T

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Yakuza (from Japanese やくざ or ヤクザ or 8-9-3), also known as gokudō, are members of traditional organized crime groups in Japan. Today the Yakuza is the largest organized crime phenomenon in the world, as noted in the Guinness Book of Records. In Japanese legal terminology, yakuza organizations are referred to as Bōryokudan, literally "violence groups". Yakuza members consider this an insult, as Bōryokudan is a term which can be applied to any violent criminal. In the Western press they are freq ...

Including:

• Yakuza - Origin and history
• Yakuza - Tekiya and Bakuto
• Yakuza - Post-War Yakuza: Gurentai
• Yakuza - Organization and activities
• Yakuza - Structure
• Yakuza - Rituals
• Yakuza - Current Activities
• Yakuza - Reference
• Yakuza - Books
• Yakuza - Selected Film References

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The Kushan Empire (c. 1st–3rd centuries) was a state that at its height, about 105–250, stretched from Tajikistan to the Caspian Sea to Afghanistan and down into the Ganges river valley in northern India. The empire was created by the Kushan tribe of the Yuezhi, a people from modern Xinjiang, China, possibly related to the Tocharians. They had diplomatic contacts with Rome, Sassanian Persia and China, and for several centuries were at the center of exchange between the East and the West. Kushan Empire - Origins. < ...

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• Kushan Empire - Origins
• Kushan Empire - A multi-cultural Empire
• Kushan Empire - Heraios 1-30 CE
• Kushan Empire - Kujula Kadphises 30-80 CE
• Kushan Empire - Vima Taktu 80-105 CE
• Kushan Empire - Vima Kadphises 105-127 CE
• Kushan Empire - Kanishka I 127-147 CE
• Kushan Empire - The Kushans and Buddhism
• Kushan Empire - Depiction of Kushan devotees in the art of Gandhara
• Kushan Empire - Contacts with Rome
• Kushan Empire - Contacts with China
• Kushan Empire - Decline
• Kushan Empire - Main Kushan rulers

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Bruce Junfan Lee (November 27, 1940 — July 20, 1973) was a Chinese American martial artist and martial arts actor who is widely regarded as one of the most influential martial artists of the 20th century. Lee's movies, especially his performance in the Hollywood-produced Enter the Dragon, elevated the traditional Hong Kong martial arts film to a new level of popularity, paving the way for future martial artists and martial arts actors such as Jackie Chan, Jet Li, and Chuck Norris. Bruce Lee sparked the first major surge of in ...

Including:

• Bruce Lee - Early Life
• Bruce Lee - Names
• Bruce Lee - Education and Martial Arts Training
• Bruce Lee - Early acting career
• Bruce Lee - Success in Hong Kong
• Bruce Lee - Martial Arts Training and Development
• Bruce Lee - Wing Chun
• Bruce Lee - Jeet Kune Do
• Bruce Lee - Beyond Jeet Kune Do
• Bruce Lee - Physical Training Fitness and Nutrition
• Bruce Lee - 1964 Long Beach International Karate Championships
• Bruce Lee - Nutrition
• Bruce Lee - Bruce Lee's Feats
• Bruce Lee - Quotes From Bruce Lee's Friends about his Feats
• Bruce Lee - Death by misadventure
• Bruce Lee - Martial Arts Lineage
• Bruce Lee - Filmography
• Bruce Lee - Philosophy
• Bruce Lee - Books authored
• Bruce Lee - Awards and honors
• Bruce Lee - Characters based on Lee
• Bruce Lee - Anime and manga
• Bruce Lee - Videogames
• Bruce Lee - Film references
• Bruce Lee - CG Resurrection
• Bruce Lee - List of people influential to Bruce Lee's career
• Bruce Lee - Footnotes

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A tattoo is an indelible design or marking made by the insertion of a pigment into punctures or cuts in the skin. In technical terms, tattooing is micro-pigment implantation. Tattoos are a type of body modification. The word is traced to the Tahitian tatu or tatau, meaning to mark or strike (the latter referring to traditional methods of applying the designs). In Japanese the word used for traditional designs or those that are applied using traditional methods is irezumi ("insertion of ink"), while "tattoo" is use ...

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• Tattoo - Prevalence
• Tattoo - History
• Tattoo - Diversity
• Tattoo - Tattooing in prehistoric times
• Tattoo - Tattooing in ancient Judaism
• Tattoo - Tattooing in Chinese literature
• Tattoo - Reintroduction in Europe
• Tattoo - The electric tattoo machine
• Tattoo - Negative associations
• Tattoo - Popular and youth culture
• Tattoo - Purpose
• Tattoo - Procedure
• Tattoo - Permanent cosmetics
• Tattoo - Natural tattoos
• Tattoo - Temporary tattoos
• Tattoo - Henna body art Mehndi
• Tattoo - Dyes and pigments
• Tattoo - Tattoo removal
• Tattoo - Risks
• Tattoo - Diseases
• Tattoo - Allergic reactions
• Tattoo - Infection
• Tattoo - Tattoos and MRI
• Tattoo - Deciding where to get a tattoo
• Tattoo - Aftercare
• Tattoo - Other uses

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The Indo-Greeks (or sometimes Greco-Indians) designate a series of Greek kings, who invaded and controlled parts of northwest and northern India from 180 BCE to around 10 CE. They were the successors in India of the Greco-Bactrian dynasty of Greek kings (the Euthydemids) founded by the military governor Diodotus around 250 BCE when he established the independence of his Bactrian territory from the Seleucid Empire. During the two centuries of their rule, the Indo-Greek kings combined the Greek and Indian languages and sym ...

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• Indo-Greek Kingdom - Historical outline
• Indo-Greek Kingdom - Occupation of Northern India
• Indo-Greek Kingdom - Consolidation
• Indo-Greek Kingdom - Eastern territories
• Indo-Greek Kingdom - Western territories
• Indo-Greek Kingdom - The Indo-Greeks and Indian culture
• Indo-Greek Kingdom - The Indo-Greeks and Buddhism
• Indo-Greek Kingdom - The conversion of Menander
• Indo-Greek Kingdom - Buddhist proselytism
• Indo-Greek Kingdom - Buddhist symbolism
• Indo-Greek Kingdom - Representation of the Buddha
• Indo-Greek Kingdom - Incipient Greco-Buddhist art
• Indo-Greek Kingdom - The Indo-Greeks and other faiths
• Indo-Greek Kingdom - Hinduism
• Indo-Greek Kingdom - Zoroastrianism
• Indo-Greek Kingdom - Indo-Greeks in the art of Gandhara
• Indo-Greek Kingdom - Scythian and Kushan invasions
• Indo-Greek Kingdom - Aftermaths
• Indo-Greek Kingdom - Art and religion
• Indo-Greek Kingdom - Astronomy
• Indo-Greek Kingdom - Military role
• Indo-Greek Kingdom - Linguistic legacy
• Indo-Greek Kingdom - Influence of Indo-Greek coinage
• Indo-Greek Kingdom - Genetic contribution
• Indo-Greek Kingdom - Greco-Roman exchanges with India
• Indo-Greek Kingdom - Main Indo-Greek kings timeline and territories
• Indo-Greek Kingdom - Eastern territories
• Indo-Greek Kingdom - Western territories
• Indo-Greek Kingdom - Indo-Greek princelets Gandhara
• Indo-Greek Kingdom - Notes

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Racketeering by Triads and other the gangs against Chinese restaurants, shops, and other businesses is common in the older Chinatowns worldwide, especially during the Chinese New Year. In U.S. Chinatowns, many Triads and Chinese American teenage gangs – some are the younger native-born and others are slightly older foreign-born – often perpetrate the crimes. Failing to pay "protection money" to the gangs often resulted in either vandalism (such as broken windows), kidnapping, murder, or arson to the Chinese establishment or bodily harm t ...

See also:

Social problems in Chinatown, Social problems in Chinatown - Gangs, Social problems in Chinatown - Extortion, Social problems in Chinatown - Smuggling of immigrants, Social problems in Chinatown - Decaying Chinatowns, Social problems in Chinatown - SARS Concerns

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In modern times, competing Asian street gangs and organized crime (such as the Tongs and the Hong Kong-based Triads) continue to plague the metropolitan Chinatowns worldwide where Triads have their operations, including London, San Francisco, New York City, Sydney, and Vancouver. Tongs are Chinese secret societies, which were prominent in the 19th and 20th centuries. There have been 'Tong wars' or Chinatown in-fighting, between the Tong groups in the older Chinatowns. A tong war occurred in a Chinatown could be spread to other Chinatown comm ...

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Social problems in Chinatown, Social problems in Chinatown - Gangs, Social problems in Chinatown - Extortion, Social problems in Chinatown - Smuggling of immigrants, Social problems in Chinatown - Decaying Chinatowns, Social problems in Chinatown - SARS Concerns

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Today the Hongmen is an illegal society in Hong Kong, because of its links with the Triad gangs, perceived or real. In Taiwan, by contrast, the Hongmen is not only legal, but politically influential; this came as no surprise, since Dr. Sun Yat-Sen, who founded the Republic of China, was, as mentioned before, a senior figure within the Hongmen. Moreover, the Kuomintang, or Chinese Nationalist Party, was formed from the Xingzhonghui and Guangfuhui, groups not unlike the Hongmen. In the People's Republic of China, the Hongmen is known as the Zhi Gong Party (致公党), a minor political party which participates in ...

See also:

Tiandihui/Hongmen, Tiandihui/Hongmen - History, Tiandihui/Hongmen - The Hongmen today

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Apart from street gangs, there are motorcycle gangs (such as Hells Angels, the Gypsy Jokers, Mongols, Vagos, etc.), as well as other clubs that might be designated as gangs based around other shared hobbies or activities. These gangs tend to go international with their activities as soon as they can. The Crips in Los Angeles are famous for bringing their terror in a similar fashion to other cities around the world such as New ...

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Gang, Gang - Gang activities, Gang - Gang identification, Gang - Gang types, Gang - Gang members, Gang - Gang warfare

Read more here: » Gang: Encyclopedia II - Gang - Gang types

Apart from street gangs, there are motorcycle gangs (such as Hells Angels, the Gypsy Jokers, Mongols, Vagos, etc.), as well as other clubs that might be designated as gangs based around other shared hobbies or activities. These gangs tend to go international with their activities as soon as they can. The Crips in Los Angeles are famous for bringing their terror in a similar fashion to other cities around the world such as New ...

See also:

Gang, Gang - Gang Activities, Gang - Gang identification, Gang - Gang types, Gang - Gang members, Gang - Gang warfare

Read more here: » Gang: Encyclopedia II - Gang - Gang types

Gangs have been known to claim colors such as red or blue, a trend that started as far back as the late 18th century and early 19th century with the rivalry of the Roach Guards and the Dead Rabbits of New York's Five Points district and later with Mexican bandits and roving marauders in what would later become the Southwest/Western United States. (In the United States, especially in the 1950s and 1960s, "gang colors" can r ...

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Gang, Gang - Gang activities, Gang - Gang identification, Gang - Gang types, Gang - Gang members, Gang - Gang warfare

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Gang warfare is the conflict between opposing gangs. Gang warfare is commonly held over turf boundary disputes, the takeover of an area in order to bring in narcotics to push on the streets, personal rivalries, or simply the fact that the opposing group is different in some way. Gang warfare takes a huge toll on cities, families, and communities involved, especially many cities in South/Central America and South Africa where the levels of gang violence ha ...

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Gang, Gang - Gang activities, Gang - Gang identification, Gang - Gang types, Gang - Gang members, Gang - Gang warfare

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Gangs have been known to claim colors such as red or blue, a trend that started as far back as the late 18th century and early 19th century with the rivalry of the Roach Guards and the Dead Rabbits of New York's Five Points district and later with Mexican bandits and roving marauders in what would later become the Southwest/Western United States. (In the United States, especially in the 1950s and 1960s, "gang colors" can r ...

See also:

Gang, Gang - Gang Activities, Gang - Gang identification, Gang - Gang types, Gang - Gang members, Gang - Gang warfare

Read more here: » Gang: Encyclopedia II - Gang - Gang identification

Gang warfare is the conflict between opposing gangs. Gang warfare is commonly held over turf boundary disputes, the takeover of an area in order to bring in narcotics to push on the streets, personal rivalries, or simply the fact that the opposing group is different in some way. Gang warfare takes a huge toll on cities, families, and communities involved, especially many cities in South/Central America and South Africa where the levels of gang violence ha ...

See also:

Gang, Gang - Gang Activities, Gang - Gang identification, Gang - Gang types, Gang - Gang members, Gang - Gang warfare

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The story is about a young boy, Tang Shuisheng, who just arrived in Shanghai working as a servant in a Triad owned nightclub. He is assigned to Bijou, a cabaret singer and girlfriend of the Boss. Bijou is cheating on the Boss with Song, whom the Boss suspects is planning to betray him. After a bloody gang fight in which Shuisheng's uncle dies, the Boss and a small entourage retreat to a peasants' island. There, Bijou befriends Cuihau, an unassuming woman who prepares meals for the visitors, while Shuisheng befriends Ajiao, Cuihau's da ...

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Shanghai Triad, Shanghai Triad - Plot summary

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