Triad King of Shanghai – Du Yuesheng (” Big Ear Du”)


Today, we are taking a step back into the history of the early 20th Century of China to look at the man who became the definition of what all modern Triad leaders strive to be. Introducing the Chinese Al Capone of Shanghai, Du YueSheng. Virtually unknown today, he was a major world figure of his time.

The authoritative scholarly examination of this critical segment of history is Opium and the Politics of Gangsterism in Nationalist China, 1927–1945, by Jonathan Marshall, one of the most important and informative articles you will ever read. Its scope and analytical range of detail is brilliant and breathtaking, particularly in reference to the evolution of modern China, and Japan in World War II,

See also these crucial resources on the history of drugs.

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1:10 pm on October 9, 2020