Hip Sing Association

The Hip Sing Association (Chinese: 協勝公會; Cantonese Yale: Hip Sing Gung Wui) formerly known as the Hip Sing Tong (Chinese: 協勝堂; Cantonese Yale: Hip Sing Tong) was a Chinese-American criminal organization based in New York's Chinatown during the early 20th century. They, along with their rivals the Four Brothers and the On Leong Tong, would be involved in the violent Tong wars for control of Chinatown during early 1900s. During the 1930s and 40s, the Hip Sings were involved in drug trafficking operations with the Kuomintang (KMT) and later the Office of Policy Coordination (OPC). They would later establish chapters in Chinese-American communities throughout the United States in major cities such as Chicago, Seattle and San Francisco (the latter being subject to a major drug raid by authorities in 1996). On July 12, 2012, a major drug raid by authorities took place at the Portland, Oregon, branch.

Branches

The Hip Sing Association building in Seattle, Washington.

The Hip Sing Association has several branches in the United States^{[citation needed]} including in:

• Boise, Idaho - 215 S Capitol Boulevard (defunct)
• Boston, Massachusetts - 162 Lincoln Street^{[citation needed]}
• Chicago, Illinois - 1121 W Argyle Street^{[citation needed]}
• Cleveland, Ohio - 4301 Payne Avenue^{[citation needed]}
• Denver, Colorado - 238 Broadway (defunct)^{[citation needed]}
• Doraville, Georgia - 5799 New Peachtree Road^{[citation needed]}
• Minneapolis, Minnesota - 2633 Nicollet Avenue^{[citation needed]}
• New York City, New York - 15 Pell Street
• Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - 938 Race Street^{[citation needed]}
• Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - 529 2nd Avenue^{[citation needed]}
• Portland, Oregon - 211 NW 3rd Avenue
• San Antonio, Texas - 1723 Bandera Road^{[citation needed]}
• San Francisco, California - 761 Clay Street^{[citation needed]}
• Seattle, Washington - 420 8th Avenue S^{[citation needed]}
• Silver Spring, Maryland - 12705 New Hampshire Avenue^{[citation needed]}

Further reading

• Bonner, Arthur. Alas! What Brought Thee Hither?: The Chinese in New York 1800-1950. Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1997. ISBN 0-8386-3704-3
• MacIllwain, Jeffrey Scott. Organizing Crime in Chinatown: race and racketeering in New York City, 1890-1910. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, 2004. ISBN 0-7864-1626-2
• Scott, Peter Dale. Drugs, Oil, and War: the United States in Afghanistan, Colombia, and Indochina. Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield, 2003. ISBN 0-7425-2522-8

References

• http://www.allpages.com/listings/h/h-3788.html
• http://www.wjbusiness.com/wjb_IL/23910669.htm
• http://www.singtaoyp.com/listing.php?page=2&id=219&pid=10