Tongyili & Tongdeli in Suzhou Shi, China

The Green Gang, possibly the biggest and most influential mafia in modern China, are mostly associated with the glitz and glamour of metropolitan Shanghai in the 1920s and 30s. However, some key figures at the very top of the gang’s hierarchy have their roots in the sleepy, nearby water town of Suzhou. Just 70 miles west of Shanghai, Suzhou doesn’t have quite the rich early-20th-century gangster history that Shanghai can boast. But the notorious criminal, ‘Pockmarked’ Huang Jinrong, and his right-hand man, ‘Big-Eared’ Du Yuesheng, have left their mark on the ancient city streets of Huang’s chi

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