![]() ![]() Wah Ching virtually ran all of Los Angeles and San Francisco Chinatown’s vice in the 1980s, such as firework sales, drug sales, counterfeit sales, illegal brothels, and loan sharking. Wo Hop To Triad and associates outside of San Francisco Chinatown's Golden Dragon Restaurant in the late 1980s. Not long afterwards, Wah Ching became so powerful that they took over most of Chinatown for themselves leaving Hop Sing Tong and the Hop Sing Boys out of the picture. Wah Ching In The 1980sīy the early 1980s, Wah Ching, Hop Sing Tong, and Hop Sing Boys, wiped out most of their rivals in San Francisco's Chinatown, and pushed them out to other areas. The main reason for Joe Boys's disbandment was due to law enforcement pressure. The Joe Boys disbanded in 1977 soon after committing the Golden Dragon massacre, which left 5 innocent people dead and 11 wounded in September 4th, 1977. San Francisco Chinatown's Golden Dragon Massacre, September 4th, 1977. These gai gow poker houses were usually located in the basement or attic of a building. Gang's safe-houses were shot up and gang's gai gow poker houses were raided and robbed by rival gangs. Moreover, San Francisco's Wah Ching was warring with the Joe Boys gang throughout the 1970s over illegal gambling dens, rackets, and the right to extort certain businesses. San Francisco' Wah Ching members Ma, Gean, Kwan, and others in 1972. By the early 1980s, Wah Ching was warring against the Black Dragons and Viet Ching in the LA's Chinatown area and San Gabriel Valley. Also during this time, Los Angeles's Chinatown Wah Ching was fighting small local rival gangs throughout the 1960s and 1970s for control. Wah Ching even flew members to other Chinatowns in USA to commit hits for Tong organizations or to support their allies.ĭuring the early 1970s, Wah Ching's influences was spreading more towards the San Gabriel Valley as many Chinese began opening up businesses and moving there. Los Angeles and San Francisco Wah Ching would constantly traveled back and forth the two cities conducting businesses. And by 19, gangs like Yao Le and Chung Ching Yee (Joe Boys) were formed by former Wah Ching members after breaking away from Wah Ching because of internal dispute about allying themselves with the Hop Sing Tong. Suey Sing Boys were eventually pushed out of San Francisco and reestablished themselves in Oakland's Chinatown.Īlso around this time, Wah Ching formed a small faction in Los Angeles's Chinatown. In 1969, Wah Ching and Hop Sing Tong’s gang, the Hop Sing Boys, went to war with Suey Sing Tong and Suey Sing Boys (Suey Song Tong’s gang). Wah Ching made a reputation for itself as a fierce gang in Chinatown, and the Hop Sing Tong (secret society/benevolent association) took notice in them.Ī group of people playing mahjong at the Hop Sing Tong Benevolent's headquarter.īy 1968, Hop Sing Tong had formed an alliance with Wah Ching and brought Wah Ching under its wings. Soon, Wah Ching members wanted to become more organized and powerful, so Wah Ching began fighting well-established Chinese gangs over territories to extort businesses and to illegally sell fireworks. They mostly hung out around the Chinese playground on Sacramento Street and opened up a few clubhouses in San Francisco's Chinatown where they would hid money, guns, and other items. The first generation Wah Ching members stole, robbed, and would try to extort small local businesses. The founders of Wah Ching is said to have been Anton Wong, along with other members like Kin Chuen Louie, and George Yun. In 1964, Wah Ching was a small-time street gang that fought other small Asian gangs in San Francisco. Originally, most Wah Ching members were from Hong Kong and South China. The words "Wah Ching" translates to "Chinese Youth". Wah Ching (WC) formed in San Francisco, Chinatown, in 1964 by young Chinese immigrants to defend themselves from American-Born Chinese. ![]()
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