Show chinese societies chinese tongs are organizations with an element of secrecy of groups of chinese for or mutual protection and assistance si stance basically they are of a commercial character the members being engaged in business anol they are ara thus rival associations tola this rivalry occasionally breaks out into open wr war fare when aggressions by one tong against another consisting of unfair commercial practices boycotts etc gives the rival tong long cause for ottense offense the tongs in the united states are branches of wider lder organizations having their main in shanghai and poking peking chino china and branches branche exist in other nations besides the united states |