In the period around 1925, the Wen County police department found itself unable to meet the threat posed by large gangs of armed bandits (insurrectionists, really) operating in Henan Province. One such gang, the Red Spear Society, was already in control of neighboring Bo'ai County 博愛縣 and Mengzhou City 孟洲市 (Jiaozuo 焦作, Henan).

His unsavory reputation as a mobster came back to haunt him when he ran for mayor of New York.

We will resemble you in that.

A fantasist was beginning a two-year stint behind bars today for conning police into thinking he was a James Bond-style secret agent.