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Chinatown, a place where tourist come from all over to world. One of the most popular spots in San Francisco. People walk around unaware of the history and past events that took place on the streets they walk in. You might even have eaten at the Imperial Palace restaurant not knowing it used to be a place where a massacre took place taking the lives of 5 innocent civilians. All this is very common in the daytime, but during the night, it's a completely different scene.
If you ever go to Chinatown during the daytime, you most likely see a lot of old Chinese people going grocery shopping or tourists looking around, but by 7 pm or so, the stores are closed and the streets are nearly deserted. The reason for this is that at night, the street gangs of Chinatown start to get active. There is a lot of history in San Francisco's Chinatown that not too many people know about. Chinatown wasn't the safe place everyone thought it was.
It all started when Tongs started to form in Chinatown. A Tong is the term used for a type of secret society found among Chinese American immigrants. Tongs started forming during the 1850's during the California Gold Rush when many Chinese immigrants started flocking to the city they called "Gold Mountain." They went to California thinking they were going to be able to make a fortune but many Chinese found themselves unwelcome.
Some were being robbed, and some were being taken advantaged of by the early settlers such as the Irish or Italians. They felt like they couldn't go to the local law enforcement because a lot of the police were of Irish descent. The Chinese needed some sort of protection, the kind they had in their homeland, which led to the forming of Tongs. Tongs were created for mutual support and protection, especially from groups hostile towards the Chinese immigration.
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