{"id":47163,"date":"2026-04-24T23:38:50","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T15:38:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=47163"},"modified":"2026-04-24T23:38:50","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T15:38:50","slug":"the-history-of-hong-kong-triads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=47163","title":{"rendered":"The history of Hong Kong triads"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.i-scmp.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/1280x720\/public\/d8\/images\/canvas\/2026\/04\/24\/4985acad-1f22-4f66-adba-2bf65f2cdb5e_96c69765.jpg?itok=HZQQrSY1&amp;v=1777010537\" \/><\/p>\n<div xmlns:default=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" data-qa=\"Component-Content\">\n<p><h3 data-qa=\"ContentSummary-ContainerWithTag\" class=\"css-onn2v5 eitajqu2\">Hong Kong is considered one of the safest cities in the world today \u2013 but it has not always been so. There have been periods throughout contemporary history when its streets were ruled and terrorised by gangs. In this series, we look at the history of Hong Kong\u2019s major triad societies and how they shaped the underworld of organised crime and inspired the city\u2019s pop culture.<br \/>\n<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<p>Updated: <span class=\"css-0 e1vjs8890\" data-qa=\"ContentUpdatedDate-Date\">24 Apr, 2026<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/lifestyle\/chinese-culture\/series\/3351261\/history-hong-kong-triads?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hong Kong is considered one of the safest cities in the world today \u2013 but it has not always been so. There have been periods&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":47164,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[2284,3569,5231,19361],"class_list":["post-47163","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bored-interesting","tag-history","tag-hong","tag-kong","tag-triads","wpcat-33-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47163","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=47163"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47163\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/47164"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=47163"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=47163"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=47163"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}