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The United Bamboo Gang (Chinese: 竹聯幫; pinyin: Zhūliánbāng) is the largest of Taiwan's three main Triads.^{[citation needed]} They are reported to have roughly 10,000 members.^[1] The membership consists largely of waishengren, and has close ties to the Kuomintang; they are said to be motivated as much by political ideology as by profit.^[2] The gang gained global notoriety when it became directly involved in politics in the early 1980s; alleged gang leader Chen Chi-li and his accomplices Tung Kuei-sen and Wu Tun murdered writer Henry Liu in California in 1984. Chen arrested in Taiwan, tried and convicted. His life sentence was commuted after seven years, at which point he fled to Cambodia, where he lived until his death.^[3]

References

^ "The List: The World's Most Dangerous Gangs", Foreign Policy, 2008-05-08, retrieved 2010-04-21
^ Chang, Rich (2005-05-08), "Police begin probe into Bamboo Union after airport clash", Taipei Times, retrieved 2010-04-21
^ O'Neill, Mark (2007-10-24). "King Duck Goes to His Taiwanese Reward". Asia Sentinel. Retrieved 2007-11-13.

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[1] "The List: The World's Most Dangerous Gangs", Foreign Policy, 2008-05-08, retrieved 2010-04-21

[2] Chang, Rich (2005-05-08), "Police begin probe into Bamboo Union after airport clash", Taipei Times, retrieved 2010-04-21

[AsiaSentinel-3] O'Neill, Mark (2007-10-24). "King Duck Goes to His Taiwanese Reward". Asia Sentinel. Retrieved 2007-11-13.

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-The '''United Bamboo Gang''' ({{zh|c=竹聯幫|p=Zhūliánbāng) is the largest of [[Taiwan]]'s three main [[Triad (underground societies)|Triads]], with over 20,000 active members operating in Taiwan as well as overseas. {{Citation needed|date=April 2009}} The gang gained global notoriety when it became directly involved in politics in the early 1980s; alleged gang leader [[Chen Chi-li]] and his accomplices [[Tung Kuei-sen]] and Wu Tun murdered writer [[Henry Liu]] in [[California]] in 1984. Chen arrested in Taiwan, tried and convicted. His life sentence was commuted after seven years, at which point he fled to [[Cambodia]], where he lived until his death.<ref name="AsiaSentinel">{{cite news|title=King Duck Goes to His Taiwanese Reward|work=Asia Sentinel|date=2007-10-24|accessdate=2007-11-13|last=O'Neill|first=Mark|url=http://www.asiasentinel.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=793&Itemid=31}}</ref>
+The '''United Bamboo Gang''' ({{zh|c=竹聯幫|p=Zhūliánbāng}}) is the largest of [[Taiwan]]'s three main [[Triad (underground societies)|Triads]].{{Citation needed|date=April 2009}} They are reported to have roughly 10,000 members.<ref>{{citation|periodical=Foreign Policy|url=http://www.foreignpolicy.com/story/cms.php?story_id=4310|accessdate=2010-04-21|date=2008-05-08|title=The List: The World's Most Dangerous Gangs}}</ref> The membership consists largely of ''[[waishengren]]'', and has close ties to the [[Kuomintang]]; they are said to be motivated as much by political ideology as by profit.<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2005/05/08/2003253653|date=2005-05-08|accessdate=2010-04-21|periodical=Taipei Times|title=Police begin probe into Bamboo Union after airport clash|last=Chang|first=Rich}}</ref> The gang gained global notoriety when it became directly involved in politics in the early 1980s; alleged gang leader [[Chen Chi-li]] and his accomplices [[Tung Kuei-sen]] and Wu Tun murdered writer [[Henry Liu]] in [[California]] in 1984. Chen arrested in Taiwan, tried and convicted. His life sentence was commuted after seven years, at which point he fled to [[Cambodia]], where he lived until his death.<ref name="AsiaSentinel">{{cite news|title=King Duck Goes to His Taiwanese Reward|work=Asia Sentinel|date=2007-10-24|accessdate=2007-11-13|last=O'Neill|first=Mark|url=http://www.asiasentinel.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=793&Itemid=31}}</ref>
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-*[http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2005/05/08/2003253653 Taipei Times article]
-*[http://www.foreignpolicy.com/story/cms.php?story_id=4310 Foreign Policy Article]
 *[http://www.economist.com/displayStory.cfm?story_id=14539628&source=hptextfeature China's Other Face: The Red and the Black]
 *[http://www.askmen.com/top_10/entertainment/top-10-criminal-organizations_9.html Top10 : Criminal organization]
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