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Huang Jinrong

1868–1953 · 20th century

Huang Jinrong was a Chinese detective and gang boss who served for decades as a senior officer of the French Concession police in Shanghai while running opium, gambling and theatre businesses. A leading figure of the Green Gang, he was the patron of Du Yuesheng and helped Chiang Kai-shek's purge of the communists in 1927. He stayed in Shanghai after 1949 and died there.

Huang Jinrong
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Shanghai French Concession

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