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[[File:triads_and_tongs1_5723.jpg|link=Triad Election (Film)|
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Compare and contrast with [[The Syndicate]], [[Yakuza]], [[The Mafia]], [[The Mafiya]], [[London Gangster]].
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== Anime and Manga ==
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== Films -- Live-Action ==
* ''[[Infernal Affairs]]'' and its sequels. The first film was remade into ''[[The Departed]]'', with the Triads replaced with [[The Irish Mob]].
* ''[[Young and Dangerous]]'', a series of films based on a comic. Blamed for [[Damn, It Feels Good to Be A Gangster!|glamorizing Triad life]] among young people.
* The Wing Kong and Chang Sing street gangs/tongs in ''[[Big Trouble in Little China]]''.
* ''Election'', and its sequel ''[[Triad Election (Film)|Triad Election]]'' in which the oldest HK Triad kills and maims more of its own members than the rival gang.
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== Live-Action TV ==
* In ''[[Deadwood]]'', a Tong gang supported by George Hearst wrests control of Celestial Alley from the local strongman Mr. Wu, with the goal of supplying Chinese prostitutes and opium to white residents. Eventually Al Swearengen helps negotiate for Wu to retake control of Celestial Alley and slaughter the new Tongs.
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* Tongs were the focus of a couple of episodes of ''[[Kung Fu]]''
* A really ridiculous episode of ''[[Psych]]'' depicted a kidnapping related to two rival Triads in Santa Barbara. Yes, ''two'' Triads in Santa Barbara.
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