Hip Sing Association

Hip Sing Association

The Hip Sing Association (zh-cp|c=協勝公會|p=Xiéshèng Gōnghuì) formerly known as the Hip Sing Tong (zh-cp|c=協勝堂|p=Xiéshèng Táng) was a Chinese-American criminal organization based in New York's Chinatown during the early 20th century. They, along with their rivals the Four Brothers and the On Leong Tong, would be involved in the violent Tong wars for control of Chinatown during early 1900s. During the 1930s and 40s, the Hip Sings were involved in drug trafficking operations with the Kuomintang (KMT) and later the OPC. They would later establish chapters in Chinese-American communities throughout the United States in major cities such as Chicago, Seattle and San Francisco (the latter being subject to a major drug raid by authorities in 1996).

Branches

The Hip Sing Association has several branches in the United States including in:
* Chicago, Illinois - Located at 1121 West Argyle Street
* Doraville, Georgia - Located at 5799 New Peachtree Road
* Minneapolis, Minnesota - Located at 2633 Nicollet Avenue
* New York City, New York - Located at 15 Pell Street
* Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Located at 938 Race Street
* San Francisco, California - Located at 761 Clay Street
* Seattle, Washington - Located at 420 Eighth Avenue South

Further reading

*Bonner, Arthur. "Alas! What Brought Thee Hither?: The Chinese in New York 1800-1950". Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1997. ISBN 0-8386-3704-3
*MacIllwain, Jeffrey Scott. "Organizing Crime in Chinatown: race and racketeering in New York City, 1890-1910". Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, 2004. ISBN 0-7864-1626-2
*Scott, Peter Dale. "Drugs, Oil, and War: the United States in Afghanistan, Colombia, and Indochina". Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield, 2003. ISBN 0-7425-2522-8

References

* http://www.allpages.com/listings/h/h-3788.html
* http://www.wjbusiness.com/wjb_IL/23910669.htm
*http://www.singtaoyp.com/listing.php?page=2&id=219&pid=10


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