1. Huang Jinrong, nicknamed "Pockmarked" due to a bad case of smallpox, was a Chinese chief detective who worked for the French Concession police force in Shanghai from 1892 to 1925.
15 Facts About Huang Jinrong
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Huang Jinrong was born in Suzhou but moved, at the age of 5, to Shanghai where his father opened a teahouse.
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Huang Jinrong worked as an apprentice in a picture framing shop near the City God Temple.
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Huang Jinrong later worked at his father's teahouse, where he developed connections with criminal and hustling patrons.
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Huang Jinrong began his career for the French Concession in 1892 as a detective.
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Huang Jinrong quickly rose to prominence as one of the leading detectives because he was able to solve many cases with assistance from the contacts he made in his father's teahouse.
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Each day, Huang Jinrong held court to determine whether a felon should be turned over to the police.
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Huang Jinrong married Lin Guisheng in 1900, who partly managed his opium dealings.
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Huang Jinrong was introduced to Du Yuesheng, whom Huang Jinrong appointed to run some of his opium dens.
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Crime in the French Concession increased as Huang Jinrong had such a prominent position in the police force and organized most of the Green Gang's activity in this zone.
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Huang Jinrong was dismissed from the police force in 1924 after he publicly beat the Shanghai Warlord Lu Yongxiang's son.
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Huang Jinrong was arrested by the Shanghai Garrison, and only released after Du Yuesheng and Zhang Xiaolin negotiated and paid for his release.
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Huang Jinrong stepped down from the police force but remained one of the Green Gang's bosses, which he formally joined in 1927.
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Huang Jinrong remained in Shanghai for the rest of his life, controlling the Green Gang.
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Huang Jinrong eventually died of sickness at the age of 85 in 1953.