Green Gang

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The Green Gang was a powerful Chinese criminal organization based in Shanghai that wielded significant political influence in the early 20th century through its ties to nationalist leaders and involvement in organized crime.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf criminal organization
secret society
triad-like organization
activeIn Republic of China
Shanghai
activeInPeriod Republican era China
early 20th century
late 19th century
activity extortion
gambling
labor racketeering
opium trafficking
political intimidation
prostitution
allyOf Kuomintang
associatedWith Chiang Kai-shek
basedIn French Concession, Shanghai
International Settlement, Shanghai
controlled dockworkers in Shanghai
labor unions in Shanghai
rickshaw pullers in Shanghai
country China
declineCause Communist takeover of Shanghai in 1949
declinePeriod late 1940s
ethnicGroup Han Chinese
hasAlternativeName Ch’ing Pang
Qing Bang
incomeSource illegal gambling
narcotics trade
protection rackets
influence Chinese nationalist government
Shanghai municipal politics
involvedIn Chinese politics
Shanghai underworld
involvedInEvent 1927 Shanghai massacre
knownFor close ties between organized crime and politics in Shanghai
language Chinese
location Shanghai
notableLeader Du Yuesheng
Huang Jinrong
Zhang Xiaolin
opposedBy Chinese Communist Party
origin Huizhou salt-smuggling gangs
secret societies in lower Yangtze region
peakInfluencePeriod 1920s
1930s
politicalAlignment Kuomintang
roleIn1927ShanghaiMassacre suppression of Chinese Communist Party
supported Chiang Kai-shek

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