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The '''United Bamboo Gang''' ({{zh|c=竹聯幫|p=Zhūliánbāng}}) is the largest of [[Taiwan]]'s three main [[Triad (underground societies)|Triads]].<ref name=AsiaTimes>{{cite web|last=Bishop|first=Mac William|title=Taiwan's gangs go global|url=http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/GF04Ad06.html|publisher=Asia Times|accessdate=April 5, 2014|date=June 4, 2005}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Simon|first=Sheldon W.|title=The Many Faces of Asian Security|date=August 21, 2001|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield Publishers|isbn=9781461608387|page=204|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kkDcemMUht4C&pg=PA204&lpg=PA204&dq=United+Bamboo+Gang+largest+taiwan+triad&source=bl&ots=r4w1TRwQiK&sig=b2kCDHWk7--J1Ua_v3ZXYUNZAC4&hl=en&sa=X&ei=v6w_U47hLaeqsQSov4G4BQ&ved=0CFwQ6AEwBg#v=onepage&q=United%20Bamboo%20Gang%20largest%20taiwan%20triad&f=false}}</ref><ref name="Yakuza">{{cite book|last=Kaplan|first2=Alec|last2=Dubro|first=David E.|title=Yakuza|date=May 20, 2012|publisher=University of California Press|isbn=9780520953819|pages=260–261|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KrstMVr1fQ0C&pg=PA261&lpg=PA261&dq=United+Bamboo+Gang+largest+taiwan+triad&source=bl&ots=nKnztlpMny&sig=Yd6uvpEv9KtAHkkcg4cVE-d9OS8&hl=en&sa=X&ei=v6w_U47hLaeqsQSov4G4BQ&ved=0CF8Q6AEwBw#v=onepage&q=United%20Bamboo%20Gang%20largest%20taiwan%20triad&f=false}}</ref> They are reported to have roughly 100,000 members.<ref name=AsiaTimes /><ref name="Yakuza" /><ref>{{citation|periodical=Foreign Policy|url=http://www.foreignpolicy.com/story/cms.php?story_id=4310|accessdate=2010-04-21|date=2008-05-08|title=The List: The World's Most Dangerous Gangs}}</ref> The membership consists largely of ''[[waishengren]]'' (Mainland Chinese) and has had historic ties to the [[Kuomintang]]; they are said to be motivated as much by political ideology as by profit.<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2005/05/08/2003253653|date=2005-05-08|accessdate=2010-04-21|periodical=Taipei Times|title=Police begin probe into Bamboo Union after airport clash|last=Chang|first=Rich}}</ref> The gang gained global notoriety when it became directly involved in politics in the early 1980s; alleged mob boss and his accomplices [[Tung Kuei-sen]] and Wu Tun murdered writer [[Henry Liu]] in [[California]] in 1984. [[Chen Chi-li]] was arrested in Taiwan, tried, and convicted; however, his life sentence was commuted after seven years, at which point he fled to [[Cambodia]], where he lived until his death.<ref name="AsiaSentinel">{{cite news|title=King Duck Goes to His Taiwanese Reward|work=Asia Sentinel|date=2007-10-24|accessdate=2007-11-13|last=O'Neill|first=Mark|url=http://www.asiasentinel.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=793&Itemid=31}}</ref> The incident was later portrayed in the 2009 American political thriller film ''[[Formosa Betrayed (film)|Formosa Betrayed]]'',<ref>{{cite book|last=Zhao|first2=Edward J.W.|last2=Park|first=Xiaojian|title=Asian Americans: An Encyclopedia of Social, Cultural, Economic, and Political History|date=November 30, 2013|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=9781598842401|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3AxIAgAAQBAJ&pg=PT1656&lpg=PT1656&dq=Formosa+Betrayed+chen+chi+li&source=bl&ots=_0p4QYZVQs&sig=TcJgfHTuwuH6To8o6bynT10mAzI&hl=en&sa=X&ei=Xak_U-rQMM3gsATT2IKYCQ&ved=0CGUQ6AEwBg#v=onepage&q=Formosa%20Betrayed%20chen%20chi%20li&f=false}}</ref> produced by [[Will Tiao]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Adams|first=Jonathan|title=Hollywood highlights Taiwan's "White Terror"|url=http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/china-and-its-neighbors/100226/new-film-highlights-taiwans-white-terror?page=0,1|publisher=Global Post|accessdate=April 5, 2014|date=February 28, 2010}}</ref> |
The '''United Bamboo Gang''' ({{zh|c=竹聯幫|p=Zhūliánbāng}}) is the largest of [[Taiwan]]'s three main [[Triad (underground societies)|Triads]].<ref name=AsiaTimes>{{cite web|last=Bishop|first=Mac William|title=Taiwan's gangs go global|url=http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/GF04Ad06.html|publisher=Asia Times|accessdate=April 5, 2014|date=June 4, 2005}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Simon|first=Sheldon W.|title=The Many Faces of Asian Security|date=August 21, 2001|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield Publishers|isbn=9781461608387|page=204|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kkDcemMUht4C&pg=PA204&lpg=PA204&dq=United+Bamboo+Gang+largest+taiwan+triad&source=bl&ots=r4w1TRwQiK&sig=b2kCDHWk7--J1Ua_v3ZXYUNZAC4&hl=en&sa=X&ei=v6w_U47hLaeqsQSov4G4BQ&ved=0CFwQ6AEwBg#v=onepage&q=United%20Bamboo%20Gang%20largest%20taiwan%20triad&f=false}}</ref><ref name="Yakuza">{{cite book|last=Kaplan|first2=Alec|last2=Dubro|first=David E.|title=Yakuza|date=May 20, 2012|publisher=University of California Press|isbn=9780520953819|pages=260–261|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KrstMVr1fQ0C&pg=PA261&lpg=PA261&dq=United+Bamboo+Gang+largest+taiwan+triad&source=bl&ots=nKnztlpMny&sig=Yd6uvpEv9KtAHkkcg4cVE-d9OS8&hl=en&sa=X&ei=v6w_U47hLaeqsQSov4G4BQ&ved=0CF8Q6AEwBw#v=onepage&q=United%20Bamboo%20Gang%20largest%20taiwan%20triad&f=false}}</ref> They are reported to have roughly 100,000 members.<ref name=AsiaTimes /><ref name="Yakuza" /><ref>{{citation|periodical=Foreign Policy|url=http://www.foreignpolicy.com/story/cms.php?story_id=4310|accessdate=2010-04-21|date=2008-05-08|title=The List: The World's Most Dangerous Gangs}}</ref> The membership consists largely of ''[[waishengren]]'' (Mainland Chinese) and has had historic ties to the [[Kuomintang]]; they are said to be motivated as much by political ideology as by profit.<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2005/05/08/2003253653|date=2005-05-08|accessdate=2010-04-21|periodical=Taipei Times|title=Police begin probe into Bamboo Union after airport clash|last=Chang|first=Rich}}</ref> The gang gained global notoriety when it became directly involved in politics in the early 1980s; alleged mob boss and his accomplices [[Tung Kuei-sen]] and Wu Tun murdered writer [[Henry Liu]] in [[California]] in 1984. [[Chen Chi-li]] was arrested in Taiwan, tried, and convicted; however, his life sentence was commuted after seven years, at which point he fled to [[Cambodia]], where he lived until his death.<ref name="AsiaSentinel">{{cite news|title=King Duck Goes to His Taiwanese Reward|work=Asia Sentinel|date=2007-10-24|accessdate=2007-11-13|last=O'Neill|first=Mark|url=http://www.asiasentinel.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=793&Itemid=31}}</ref> The incident was later portrayed in the 2009 American political thriller film ''[[Formosa Betrayed (film)|Formosa Betrayed]]'',<ref>{{cite book|last=Zhao|first2=Edward J.W.|last2=Park|first=Xiaojian|title=Asian Americans: An Encyclopedia of Social, Cultural, Economic, and Political History|date=November 30, 2013|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=9781598842401|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3AxIAgAAQBAJ&pg=PT1656&lpg=PT1656&dq=Formosa+Betrayed+chen+chi+li&source=bl&ots=_0p4QYZVQs&sig=TcJgfHTuwuH6To8o6bynT10mAzI&hl=en&sa=X&ei=Xak_U-rQMM3gsATT2IKYCQ&ved=0CGUQ6AEwBg#v=onepage&q=Formosa%20Betrayed%20chen%20chi%20li&f=false}}</ref> produced by [[Will Tiao]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Adams |first=Jonathan |title=Hollywood highlights Taiwan's "White Terror" |url=http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/china-and-its-neighbors/100226/new-film-highlights-taiwans-white-terror?page=0,1 |publisher=Global Post |accessdate=April 5, 2014 |date=February 28, 2010 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407075739/http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/china-and-its-neighbors/100226/new-film-highlights-taiwans-white-terror?page=0,1 |archivedate=April 7, 2014 |df= }}</ref> |
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'''Bamboo Union''' and [[Four Seas Gang]] and [[Heaven Way Alliance]], saying "Taiwan's three main criminal organisations" |
'''Bamboo Union''' and [[Four Seas Gang]] and [[Heaven Way Alliance]], saying "Taiwan's three main criminal organisations" |
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The United Bamboo Gang (Chinese: 竹聯幫; pinyin: Zhūliánbāng) is the largest of Taiwan's three main Triads.[1][2][3] They are reported to have roughly 100,000 members.[1][3][4] The membership consists largely of waishengren (Mainland Chinese) and has had historic ties to the Kuomintang; they are said to be motivated as much by political ideology as by profit.[5] The gang gained global notoriety when it became directly involved in politics in the early 1980s; alleged mob boss and his accomplices Tung Kuei-sen and Wu Tun murdered writer Henry Liu in California in 1984. Chen Chi-li was arrested in Taiwan, tried, and convicted; however, his life sentence was commuted after seven years, at which point he fled to Cambodia, where he lived until his death.[6] The incident was later portrayed in the 2009 American political thriller film Formosa Betrayed,[7] produced by Will Tiao.[8]
Bamboo Union and Four Seas Gang and Heaven Way Alliance, saying "Taiwan's three main criminal organisations"
Historical leadership
Boss (official and acting)
- 1976-1995 — "King Duck" Chen Chi-li
- 1995-1999 — "Yao Yao" Huang Shao-tsen
- Acting 2001-2007 — "King Chao" Chao Erh-wen
- 2007-present — "Yao Yao" Huang Shao-tsen
Rulers (unofficial)
- 1956–? — Chao Ning
- 1965-1972 — "Master Yang" Yang Chien-ping
- 1968-1972 — "Dry Duck" Chen Chi-li
- Acting 1972-1975 — "White Wolf" Chang An-lo
- 1972-1976 — "King Chou" Chou Jung
- 1976-1995 — "King Duck" Chen Chi-li
- 1995-1999 — "Yao Yao" Huang Shao-tsen
- Acting 2001-2007 — "King Chao" Chao Erh-wen
- Acting 2002-2006 — "Zhong Kui" Li Tsung-kuei
- Acting 2006-2009 — "Monkey King" Hu Tai-fu
- Return 2010-present — "Yao Yao" Huang Shao-tsen
Notable cases
In July 2009, Chinese Bamboo Union hitman Bai Xiao Ye stabbed and slashed a man to death in a Las Vegas, Nevada karaoke bar and wounded two others. In 2013, Bai was sentenced to life imprisonment without parole. Bai had also been charged with fatally shooting a man and wounding another at a Los Angeles karaoke bar.[9]
Organization
Since the 1950s development, Bamboo Union organization has 80 branches, members and partner relations up to 100,000 people.
忠堂、孝堂、仁堂、愛堂、信堂、義堂、和堂、平堂、天堂、地堂、至堂、尊堂、萬堂、古堂、長堂、青堂、東堂、南堂、西堂、北堂、風堂、火堂、雷堂、電堂、五行堂、戰堂、捍衛隊、梅堂、蘭堂、竹堂、菊堂、僑堂、龍堂、鳳堂、虎堂、獅堂、鶴堂、狗堂、豹堂、熊堂、天龍堂、天蠍堂、天鷹堂、地海堂、地虎堂、乾坤堂、太極堂、玄武堂、文武堂、光武堂、震武堂、威武堂、忠義堂、軍堂、將堂、豪堂、華堂、海堂、刀堂、萬華堂、金堂、銀堂、銅堂、鐵堂、貔貅堂、麒麟堂、精武堂、精誠堂、精正堂、精忠堂、猛堂、聖堂、正堂、日堂、月堂、彪堂、中山堂、濤堂、大勇堂、明堂、斗六堂、慶雲堂、鷹虎堂、雪山堂、同心堂、驫堂、漢堂、蒙堂、苗堂、藏堂...etc.
See also
- Chang An-lo
- Criminal tattoos
- List of Chinese criminal organizations
- Organized crime
- Russian mafia
- Tong
- Triads
- Yakuza
- 14k
- Tiandihui
- Green Gang
- Tung Kuei-sen
- Chen Chi-li
References
- ^ a b Bishop, Mac William (June 4, 2005). "Taiwan's gangs go global". Asia Times. Retrieved April 5, 2014.
- ^ Simon, Sheldon W. (August 21, 2001). The Many Faces of Asian Security. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. p. 204. ISBN 9781461608387.
- ^ a b Kaplan, David E.; Dubro, Alec (May 20, 2012). Yakuza. University of California Press. pp. 260–261. ISBN 9780520953819.
- ^ "The List: The World's Most Dangerous Gangs", Foreign Policy, 2008-05-08, retrieved 2010-04-21
- ^ Chang, Rich (2005-05-08), "Police begin probe into Bamboo Union after airport clash", Taipei Times, retrieved 2010-04-21
- ^ O'Neill, Mark (2007-10-24). "King Duck Goes to His Taiwanese Reward". Asia Sentinel. Retrieved 2007-11-13.
- ^ Zhao, Xiaojian; Park, Edward J.W. (November 30, 2013). Asian Americans: An Encyclopedia of Social, Cultural, Economic, and Political History. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 9781598842401.
- ^ Adams, Jonathan (February 28, 2010). "Hollywood highlights Taiwan's "White Terror"". Global Post. Archived from the original on April 7, 2014. Retrieved April 5, 2014.
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