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  2. Golden Dragon massacre - Wikipedia

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    The Golden Dragon massacre[ 1] was a gang -related mass shooting that took place on September 4, 1977, inside the Golden Dragon Restaurant at 822 Washington Street in Chinatown, San Francisco, California, United States. The five perpetrators, members of the Joe Boys, a Chinese youth gang, were attempting to kill leaders of the Wah Ching, a ...

  3. San Francisco riot of 1877 - Wikipedia

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    The San Francisco riot of 1877 was a three-day pogrom waged against Chinese immigrants in San Francisco, California by the city's majority Irish population from the evening of July 23 through the night of July 25, 1877. The ethnic violence which swept Chinatown resulted in four deaths and the destruction of more than $100,000 worth of property ...

  4. Anti-Chinese violence in California - Wikipedia

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    The mob looted Chinatown and lynched nineteen Chinese civilians, all of them male immigrants. Eight suspects were convicted of manslaughter but later had their convictions overturned. San Francisco, which had the largest Chinese population in the country, was also hit by a major anti-Chinese riot in 1877.

  5. Wah Mee massacre - Wikipedia

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    Jyutping. waa4 mei5 daai6 tou4 saat3. The Wah Mee massacre was a mass shooting that occurred during the night of February 18–19, 1983, in the Wah Mee gambling club at the Louisa Hotel in Seattle, Washington, United States. Fourteen people were bound, robbed and shot by three gunmen, 22-year-old Kwan Fai "Willie" Mak ( Chinese: 麥群輝 ...

  6. San Francisco's Chinatown is caught between past and future - AOL

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  7. Wah Ching - Wikipedia

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    Wah Ching first received widespread media attention because of the 1977 Golden Dragon Massacre (GDM) involving another Chinese gang, the Chung Ching Yee, or Joe Boys (JBS). The event took place at the Golden Dragon Restaurant in San Francisco's Chinatown. Five people were killed, and eleven others were injured. None of the victims were gang ...

  8. Seattle riot of 1886 - Wikipedia

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    The three panels are entitled, respectively "Packing Up", "On the Wharf", and "The Collision". The Seattle riot of 1886 occurred on February 6–9, 1886, in Seattle, Washington, amidst rising anti-Chinese sentiment caused by intense labor competition and in the context of an ongoing struggle between labor and capital in the Western United States.

  9. Edsel Ford Fong - Wikipedia

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    Occupation. Waiter. Known for. Being described as the world's rudest waiter. Edsel Ford Fung (often spelled Fong) (May 6, 1927 – April 24, 1984) was an American restaurant server from San Francisco, California. [ 1] He was called the "world's rudest, worst, most insulting waiter " and worked at the Sam Wo Chinese restaurant. [ 2]