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Encyclopedia > Ghost Shadows

The Ghost Shadows (鬼影幫) are a Chinese-American gang that ruled New York City's Chinatown from the late 1980s through the early 1990s. They have a formal business relationship with larger Triad linked organizations such as the On Leong tong. Their leader was the infamous, youthful Robin Chee. Chinese Americans (Traditional Chinese: 美籍華人; Simplified Chinese: 美籍华人; Hanyu Pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Mei-chi-hua-jen) are residents or citizens of the United States who are of Chinese descent. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Chinese New Year celebrated in a Chinatown in Paris New York City is home to three of the largest Chinatowns in North America. ... MacGyver is one of the symbols of the 1980s in America The 1980s decade refers to the years from 1980 to 1989, inclusive. ... The 1990s decade refers to the years from 1990 to 1999, inclusive. ... Triad (Simplified Chinese: 三合会; Traditional Chinese: 三合會; Pinyin: Sānhéhuì; literally Triad Society) is a collective term that describes many branches of an underground society and organizations based in Hong Kong and also operating in Macao, Taiwan, Mainland China, and Chinatowns in Europe, North America, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand. ... Tong could refer to :- Tong, a village in Shropshire, England Tong, a village in West Yorkshire, England Tong, pronunciation of several Chinese characters The Chinese surnames Tang (唐 and 湯/汤) transliterated based on Cantonese This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title. ... Robin Chee has been publicly identified as being a leader of the Ghost Shadows street gang, which is headquartered in the New York City area. ...


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All four Ghost Shadows leaders have pleaded guilty to murder and racketeering charges and are expected to be sentenced after the trial of Wong's alleged killers.
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