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In this Chinese name, the family name is Yang.

 

Yang Mingzhu (Chinese: 杨明朱 born January 14, 1967), also known as China Ma (Chinese: 華媽) who is based in Lower Algonquin, more notably in Chinatown. Mingzhu is known for being the owner of her famous clothing store named "China Tags" which is an authentic vendor for hypebeast streetwear clothing brands such as Supreme, Off White, and Bape.

 

Biography [edit]


(Circa; 2010)

Early Life [edit]spacer.png

 

Mingzhu was born in a low-income Chinese household in Kowloon, Hong Kong at the Evangel Hospital located in Kowloon City. Growing up in Kowloon in the 70s and 80s it was fairly hard to stay safe in an area that is overran with criminals and local gangs terrorizing the locals, it was a hard lifestyle to live as a female especially. Both her parents were fairly well-known street vendors who sold food from their cart to the locals and tourists in the area. Growing up, she would always work shift to help her parents on their workload which entailed making cart noodles to Hong Kong milk tea. Though she didn't work all the time, she would sometimes sit outside the cart and do her homework or play with the other kids around the city. One night while she was coming back to the cart, she noticed a few very well-known gangsters apart of Sun Yee On triad group trying to extort their small street vendor. It was obvious to her that they were gangsters asking for money to keep her parents protected from any other gangsters. This sickened her while she watches her hardworking parents who barely pass by on bills now have to pay tax to Sun Yee On members, she quickly picked up onto extra avenues of revenue.

 

Teenage Life [edit]

 

Mingzhu was forced to find ways to make cash for herself and for her parents' cart. She quickly figured out a really simple and safe way to make cash. She would make a large batch of eggrolls and head towards richer areas and sit outside schools, hospitals, and stations and sell them for above average prices. She practically doubled her money from what it would have costed her to actually make the food. She quickly was able to fund the cart and have some extra cash for herself to spend on whatever she'd like. In 1984, she started to grow into loving fashion due to the golden era in fashion in Hong Kong. She quickly got a job in exporting and importing materials for high-end fashion brands and that's when she fell in love with clothes and fashion as a whole.

 

Criminal Life [edit]

 

China Ma has been very open about her criminal past back in Hong Kong. In an interview with VladTV, an Urban News outlet, she described how she helped her parents keep up rent for their cart against the Sun Yee On members and how she got her nickname "China Ma" while trafficking rare goods out of Mainland China to Hong Kong. In 1987 was the start of her criminal background, once the fall of Hong Kong fashion industry dwindled. While working at Crocodile Garments she connected with a few companies who were importing and exporting their clothing. She began to export rare materials that was stolen from Mainland China and was shipped off in cargo containers and would receive payment afterwards. This story doesn't have evidence, but people believe that China Ma was a large export tycoon in Hong Kong.

 

In early 1990s, Yang began to familiarize herself into the culture in Chinatown while it was in its highest crime rate in Liberty City. She kept herself protected while she tried her best to keep an honest life. Though, trying to keep an honest living, it wasn't cutting it and bills needed to be paid. She resorted to quick counterfeit good selling during the day, tourists coming from all across America didn't know the difference from fake to real items. She made a quick hustle in selling fake watches, designer brand clothes and bags. She was charged and arrested in 1993 after a large bust went on Chinatown. While in prison she had to resort to staying alive, Liberty City prison system is rotten and has a very bad name for itself. She linked in with other Chinese inmates until she was released in 1998.

 

In early 2000s, Mingzhu was a known community member of Chinatown and has a very high reputation amongst the locals. She was selling her street food along with real thrift clothes for cheap. It was unclear on how China Ma came into the possession of cocaine, but she was caught in 2004 selling to a minor and was arrested. There isn't much information on this incident, but many people speculate that she was distributing to local gang members at the time due to the police raid on Ting Fu Garden, which was a known hangout spot for a local gang in the area of the restaurant. She was never charged for gang affiliation but had enough cocaine to get arrest for intent to distribute. 

 

Life In America [edit]

 

In 1990, Yang Mingzhu acquired her visa from the help of a friend she met while working in export. She decided to move to Liberty City to follow her dream of owning a clothing brand. It was a very interesting way of living. She was used to the cramped and small living; she loved the atmosphere, and she was finally in America. She quickly got settled in Chinatown, in Lower Algonquin and started to work as a street vendor, using her skills from her parents cart she sold delicious and authentic Hong Kong traditional food. 

 

In 1992, China Ma began to work locally in businesses that needed extra workers. She met and networked with a lot of people from Chinatown, most notably a man who would help China Ma get a better name for herself by getting her to work alongside multiple other women in helping promote Ting Fu Garden to tourists around Algonquin and Alderney.

 

In 2008, Mingzhu used the internet to promote her local street vendor to the public and got a decent number of followers. Her social medias grew while she was acquiring authentic streetwear clothing. Some followers being famous musicians and actors who would help promote her page to their own, helping China Ma's marketing.

 

In 2011, China Ma gained over 15,000 followers on her social media and had enough money from street vendor and her media platforms to lease out a building located in the heart of Chinatown in Lower Algonquin. China Tags now had a base of operations and had a real business front instead of a vendor table on the sidewalk. The store has a wide collection of name brand streetwear clothing which includes Bape, Supreme, Off-White and Nike.

 

Controversy [edit]


 

Counterfeit goods [edit]

 

China Tags is owned and ran by Yang Mingzhu aka China Ma. A large number of her followers on social media think that all of her items in the store are nonauthentic and are counterfeit items. Reasoning behind the claims is due to her police record, she was charged with counterfeit goods and had spent time in prison for it. Claims have been backed up with evidence with her mugshot being posted on social media, along with the police report. Claims were quickly shot down by China Ma herself, saying "Those were my young and dumb days, I have changed for the better" in an interview with VladTV. Claims still surface on the internet that her store is selling fake goods, but no evidence supports it.

 

Criminal connections [edit]

 

With China Ma supporting multiple news outlets with her very transparent background, many people have come to a realization with her criminal lifestyle. With the arrest in 2004, many people have connected her to many known gangsters that reside in Chinatown. With the F.I.B. raid on Ting Fu Garden, people assume that she is either a ranking member or an associate within the criminal underground in Liberty City, Chinatown. Evermore, people believe that her trafficking in Hong Kong was a part of a large scheme, assisting and providing money to localized triad societies located and operate in Hong Kong. China Ma has never stated any of the claims as untrue, but she hasn't confirmed them either, the assumption is up in the air. 

 

Arrests [edit]


Image of YangOn July 8, 1993, it was reported that China Ma was arrested on July 2, by Liberty City Police due to selling counterfeit items, along with four others. It was reported that the special operations branch was setting up an operation to catch counterfeit sellers in Chinatown which was known to be the main sellers in counterfeit goods. While under custody, police raided her apartment and found multiple counterfeits that were in circulation in the underground market. She was charged and booked for 5 years with no bail. She was sent to Alderney State Correctional Facility where she spent most of her time reading and planning on her real and authentic business. While in prison, she was connected within the prison groups and was known for fixing up and sewing up ripped clothing with a piece of broken gate and a broken spoon. She was released on August 14, 1998, and had to serve 2 years probation.

 

On March 23, 2004, it was reported that China Ma was arrest on March 20, by Liberty City Police due to possession of an illegal substance along with eight others. On the final push of breaking down illegal Chinese gangs located in Chinatown, police and F.I.B. were reported to be raiding known businesses in the area that were connected in harboring any gang related members. Ting Fu Garden, a local restaurant which was known to be protected under a gang who were related to Zhu Kuan Tong. China Ma was inside during the raid while she was planning to sell a small amount of cocaine to a local who was trying to make a name for themselves locally. She was charged and placed in state prison in Liberty City spending 4 years inside being released on April 3, 2008 


 

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Information [edit]

 

This thread will be focusing on Yang "China Ma" Mingzhu, a Chinatown local in Liberty City with a very complex background. Being pre-launch, everything on this thread was made up, including the owning of a property called China Tags and will be translated in game once full release comes around. The comment section will be used for in game screenshots to catalog every interaction China Ma will encounter. The thread will be update once a major event occurs. This character is to portray a Chinese immigrant who is running a local Chinese owned clothing store that sell very known streetwear brands, criminal activity will possibly happen on this character but would try and focus on white color crimes mostly. If you have any questions, please contact me through fourm PMs via @Fang.. This story is inspired by an IRL counterpart "OG Ma" but with its own twists and turns to make the character more interesting and original. 

 

Inspiration [edit]

https://www.thecut.com/article/og-ma-is-the-mother-of-streetwear.html

https://youtu.be/TnJ-9cKEibM

https://youtu.be/LQkNhMi6d-s

 

Updates [edit]

 

4/20/22 6:10 AM; posted thread to LCRP fourms.

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Sounds like someone i wouldn't want to run into 

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Dang, loving these character stories

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Ok China Ma 

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