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Jimmy "Bighead" Tsui is a Chinese Mob Boss who was affiliated with the Tung On in New York City and the Sun Yee On triad in Hong Kong. In 1985, he was arrested in New York City and charged with robbery and homicide before the case was dismissed. After being shot five times in his car in 1992, he ended his involvement in mob life. His network dissolved, and, during the 2010s, he became involved with "Chinatown Gang Stories" documentary project to preserve the history of Manhattan's triads from the 1960s to 1990s. WELCOME TO CAMP!
Edited and Produced by @99OvrAll
00:00 Intro
01:39 BigHead getting involved with Chinatown gangs
14:00 Meeting Clifford + 3 gangs controlled Chinatown
18:42 The reason Bighead joined + wanting revenge
27:22 Getting picked on in school + fighting back
30:18 Cops don’t care, strapped up + only innocents got reported
35:54 Bighead’s parents knew + working the gambling houses
46:56 Almost getting kidnapped + getting shot at
53:07 Specific wars in the street + people jumping between gangs
1:03:40 Non-Chinese members, Mafia + insurance not extortion
1:16:49 “Canal Boys” - Vietnamese were the scariest
1:22:36 Drug dealing, hundreds of $millions + spending it all
1:30:07 Funny stories = Friend getting shot in the ass
1:37:23 Getting shot 5 times + final bullet removed 12 years later
1:51:49 Joining the Triads in Hong Kong
1:58:09 Triad initiation is complicated + Clubs/massage parlours in HK
2:04:52 Triads controlled entertainment in Hong Kong
2:07:15 Bighead’s vices + HK is more fun
2:15:23 China’s no tolerance + capital punishments
2:18:12 Chinese social credit score + can’t launder in China
2:21:55 What happened to Clifford? Bighead stepping back
2:24:39 No gangs left in Chinatown, ageing out + commanding respect
2:28:44 Best Chinese restaurant in NYC
2:30:49 Teaming up with Yakuza + massage parlour antis
2:35:15 Learning English from cellmate, “Bruce Lee” + fighting
2:41:44 Black people v Spanish people + Jimmy wore durags
2:44:30 Meaning of tattoos
2:47:40 “Bighead” + Onionhead + named after J. Carter