Tina Wong finds herself in handcuffs in the Brooklyn office of a new federal prosecutor, Beryl Howell. Beryl’s goal is to get Tina to tell her everything she knows about the people who recruited her. But Chinatown is a dangerous place in the 1980s, and few low-level suspects want to talk. We hear from Chinatown author Henry Chang and former gang members Mike Moy and Peter Chin about the violence and impossible choices Chinatown residents faced in those days.

For more, check out:

Henry Chang’s series Detective Yu Investigations.

Mike Moy’s Chinatown Gang Stories channel on YouTube. 

Peter Chin’s book, In the Ghost Shadows. 

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Tina Wong finds herself in handcuffs in the Brooklyn office of a new federal prosecutor, Beryl Howell. Beryl&rsquo;s goal is to get Tina to tell her everything she knows about the people who recruited her. But Chinatown is a dangerous place in the 1980s, and few low-level suspects want to talk. We hear from Chinatown author Henry Chang and former gang members Mike Moy and Peter Chin about the violence and impossible choices Chinatown residents faced in those days.
For more, check out:
Henry Chang&rsquo;s series <a href="https://sohopress.com/series/the-detective-yu-investigations/">Detective Yu Investigations</a>.
Mike Moy&rsquo;s <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@chinatowngangstories">Chinatown Gang Stories</a> channel on YouTube.&nbsp;
Peter Chin&rsquo;s book, <a href="https://www.kensingtonbooks.com/9780806543871/in-the-ghost-shadows/">In the Ghost Shadows.&nbsp;</a>
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In the late 1980s, a group of women connected through the mahjong parlors in Manhattan’s Chinatown were caught in a massive undercover drug bust. This bust was just the beginning of an even bigger case. Host Lidia Jean Kott and co-reporter Shuyu Wang interview sources who’ve never spoken on record before, including witnesses, defendants, and federal prosecutors, to reconstruct a case that still has repercussions today.

The Chinatown Sting drops weekly on Tuesdays.

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In the late 1980s, a group of women connected through the mahjong parlors in Manhattan&rsquo;s Chinatown were caught in a massive undercover drug bust. This bust was just the beginning of an even bigger case. Host Lidia Jean Kott and co-reporter Shuyu Wang interview sources who&rsquo;ve never spoken on record before, including witnesses, defendants, and federal prosecutors, to reconstruct a case that still has repercussions today.
The Chinatown Sting drops weekly on Tuesdays.
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The Chinatown Sting

Episode 2: Onionhead

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