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Tong Wars. The Tong Wars were a series of violent disputes beginning in the late 19th century among rival Chinese Tong factions centered in the Chinatowns of various American cities, in particular San Francisco. Tong wars could be triggered by a variety of inter- gang grievances, from the public besmirching of another Tong's honor, to failure ...
A tong ( Chinese: 堂; pinyin: táng; Jyutping: tong4; Cantonese Yale: tòhng; lit. 'hall') [ 1]: 53 is a type of organization found among Chinese immigrants predominantly living in the United States, with smaller numbers in Canada, Australia, and the United Kingdom. In Chinese, the word tong means "hall" or "gathering place".
The earliest surviving mahjong sets date to the 1870s when the game was largely confined to Zhejiang, Shanghai, and Jiangsu. [1] They already exhibited various traits found in modern sets. The core of the set is the 108 suited tiles which were inherited from Chinese money-suited playing cards. The Wind honor tiles and the Four Seasons tiles ...
July 23, 1941 (age 62) Chinatown, Manhattan, New York City, United States. Nationality. Chinese American. Occupation (s) thief, river pirate, kidnapper, criminal gang leader. Known for. Being top New York City Chinese Tong gang leader from late 19th-mid 20th century. Sai Wing Mock (aka Mock Duck) (1879 – July 23, 1941) was a Chinese-American ...
Khmer name. Khmer. ម៉ាចុង. Mahjong[ 1] ( English pronunciation: / mɑːˈdʒɒŋ / mah-JONG) is a tile-based game that was developed in the 19th century in China and has spread throughout the world since the early 20th century.
Tong-its (also Tongits or Tung-it) is a three-player rummy card game popular in the Philippines. This game is played using the standard deck of 52 cards . The game rules are similar to the American card game Tonk, [1] and also has similarities with the Chinese tile game Mahjong .
The following is a list of characters from the DreamWorks animated film media franchise Kung Fu Panda.The franchise includes four films (Kung Fu Panda, Kung Fu Panda 2, Kung Fu Panda 3, and Kung Fu Panda 4), a series of shorts and television specials, three television shows (Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness, Kung Fu Panda: The Paws of Destiny and Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight), a ...
Low Hee Tong. Tchin Len. Bow Kum (1888 – August 15, 1909) known as Sweet Flower was a Chinese-born slave girl who belonged to the Hip Sing Tong and later to the On Leong Tong around the turn of the 20th century. Her murder was one of the most well-publicized and notorious crimes in New York's history and was the cause of the year-long Tong ...