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===Gang War===
During the events of "[[Gang War (comics)|Gang War]]", Shang-Chi attends a meeting held by the heads of New York's criminal families following the attempted assassination of [[Tombstone (character)|Tombstone]], claiming that he acting in the best interests of the Five Weapons Society.  As Tombstone's coma has left a power vacuum within the criminal underworld, tensions between rival superpowered gangs escalates to a city-wide gang war; due to the close proximities of their organizations' territories, Shang-Chi is forced to intervene during a destructive turf war between Mister Negative and [[Lady Yulan]].<ref>''Amazing Spider-Man Gang War: Fist Strike'' #1. Marvel Comics.</ref>  Struggling between his commitment to New York's superheroes, maintaining the loyalty of the Society's battle hungry warriors and prioritizing Chinatown's safety, Shang-Chi minimalizes Society's activities as much as possible in the Gang War. Spider-Man confronts Shang-Chi for his involvement with the other crime lords, but Shang-Chi explains that he is only doing so to protect Chinatown's citizens and reassures Spider-Man that he would keep the Society confined to Chinatown.  Believing that Shang-Chi's actions are weakening the Society, several members led by Captain Feng stage a coup against him, which Shang-Chi easily fights off.  However, several of Feng's sorcerers trap the Ten Rings within a magic prison, robbing Shang-Chi of his weapons.<ref>''Deadly Hands of Kung Fu: Gang War'' #1. Marvel Comics.</ref> Hoping to find a way to keep Chinatown safe without the Rings, Shang-Chi sends a message to Mr. Negative, Yulan and [[Diamondback (Willis Stryker)|Diamondback]], requesting they each send their best champion to challenge him in a duel for control of Chinatown. The three crimelords accept the challenge but attend the duel themselves.  Shang-Chi easily defeats them but discovers they each had sent decoys in their places while focusing their attention on having their forces destroy each other, which Shang-Chi had planned to happen.  While Shang-Chi's gambit to pit his biggest rivals against each other while keeping them out of Chinatown succeeds, it creates further destruction throughout the rest of city, prompting Mayor [[Luke Cage]] into gathering Spider-Man, [[Iron Fist (character)|Danny Rand]], [[She-Hulk]] and Tombstone to confront him.<ref>''Deadly Hands of Kung Fu: Gang War'' #2.   Marvel Comics.</ref>  Having anticipated this as well that his rivals would eventually team up against him after fighting each other, Shang-Chi manipulates the arriving heroes and villains into fighting each other at the House of the Deadly Hand while tricking Captain Feng and his sorcerers into releasing the Ten Rings, which he then uses to defeat the traitors and villains.  With Chinatown safe and the Ten Rings back in his possession, Shang-Chi joins the other heroes in ending the Gang War.<ref>''Deadly Hands of Kung Fu: Gang War'' #3.   Marvel Comics.</ref>