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Suey Sing building in Chinatown, San Francisco (919–925 Grant Avenue), between the prominent yellow sign and the Bank of the West sign. The Suey Sing Association (Chinese: 萃勝工商會; Jyutping: seoi6 sing3 gung1 soeng1 wui2) is a historical Chinese American association that was established in 1867.
Camau Association of America (Thien Hau Temple) 美國金甌同鄉聯誼會 (天后宮); Chinese American Citizens Alliance 同源會; Chinese-American Museum of Chicago (CAMOC) 芝加哥美洲华裔博物馆 - 李秉枢中心
Other such Chinese organizations were formed in California also, like the Suey Sing Association. Sze Yup Association set up a charity house in China Slough and owned other China Slough buildings. In China Slough, Sacramento was often called in Cantonese Yee Fow (二埠, Second City), as San Francisco was called Dai Fow (大埠, The Big City ...
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Also known as the Bing Kong Tong Society (or Bing Kung Association in Seattle, Washington), the organization was one of the largest in California when the Hop Sing and Suey Sing Tongs allied against the Bing Kong Tong, instigating one of the most violent Tong wars in the United States. As the gang war continued, the numerous murders caught the ...
The Ying On Association building in Chinatown, San Francisco at 745–747 Grant Avenue.The prominent first-floor retailer is "New Peking". The Ying On Labor & Merchant Association (Chinese: 英端工商會) or simply Ying On Association is a historical Chinese American association that was established in the 1930s for the purpose of assisting members of the Chinese community when they were ...
The Joe Boys, or JBS (also known as Chung Ching Yee, Chinese: 忠精義), was a Chinese American youth gang founded in the 1960s in San Francisco's Chinatown.The Joe Boys were originally known as Joe Fong Boys, after its founder Joe Fong, a former member of the Wah Ching.
Suyá music is the music of the Suyá people, a tribe of about 150 [citation needed] people who live on the Suyá-Miçu River and are native to Mato Grosso, Brazil.Their houses are set up in a circle around the village square, where the majority of their ceremonies take place.