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China: Shanghai 'Green Gang' mobster Du Yuesheng or 'Big Ears Du' (1887-1951).

China: Shanghai 'Green Gang' mobster Du Yuesheng or 'Big Ears Du' (1887-1951).

Du Yuesheng (Tu Yüeh-sheng), commonly known as 'Big-Ears Du' (1887–1951) was a Chinese gangster who spent much of his life in Shanghai. He was a key supporter of the Kuomintang (KMT; aka Nationalists) and Chiang Kai-shek in their battle against the Communists during the 1920s, and was a figure of some importance during the Second Sino-Japanese War. After the Chinese Civil War and the KMT's retreat to Taiwan, Du went into exile in Hong Kong and remained there until his death in 1951.