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| A dangerous street in American |
It is not wrong to say that New York is in some sense the center of the world.
Here you can meet people of every color, race, language and nationality, and among them are people whose ancestors came here decades ago and left their mark on the history of this city.
Located in New York's posh Lower Manhattan neighborhood, Chinatown makes you feel like you're not in America, but in a city in China.
Everywhere you look you will see Chinese restaurants, Chinese ice cream, candy stores, grocery stores and your ears will hear more Chinese than English.
Walk through any park in the area and you'll find dozens of Chinese Americans, young and old, playing traditional Chinese board games or cards. This is no ordinary game. In the hustle and bustle of people, you can see thick stacks of dollars in someone's hand, the rest can understand.
In the same area there is a specific street which today is lined with colorful restaurants and bars. However, a hundred years ago, this street was considered the most dangerous street in American history, where blood games were played every day.
Doers Street is a 200-foot-long street marked with a curve.
It was named after Hendrik Dwyer, a Dutch immigrant. Hendrik Dwyer owned a distillery on this street in the 18th century. In the early 20th century, the number of Chinese living in New York began to increase and they began to settle in the area.
Opium and gambling dens flourished in these areas, and numerous Chinese gangs (known as "pincers") emerged to compete with each other for power.
Two of them are very popular and the competition between them has attracted the attention of local governments and people. One was Hip Sing Tong and the other was On Living Tong.
It is difficult to say when the bloody clashes between these two groups began, but the first incident occurred in 1900. Today, like the rest of Chinatown, the street also has restaurants and bars. A passerby has no idea that it was once a symbol of danger and violence.
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