Kokang (Burmese people)

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الاسم الرئيس (باللاتينية)
Kokang (Burmese people)
صِيَغ اسمية أخرى
Guogan (Burmese people)
Kokang Chinese (Burmese people)
موضوع ذو صلة
Ethnology Burma
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Wikidata: Q856676
Library of congress: sh2018002818
مصادر المعلومات
  • Work cat.: Myint Myint Kyu. Spaces of exception, 2018:t.p. (Kokang Chinese along the Myanmar/China border) pp. 1-2 (area where many Kokang Chinese reside named "Kokang Special Region"; Kokang Chinese are one of the least studied ethnic groups in Myanmar) pp. 10-11 (many Kokang of the younger generations speak multiple languages, such as Shan, Kachin, Palaung, and Burmese; ancestors are Han from mainland China who migrated from Yunnan Province) p. 20 (the names Kokang Tayoke, Malipa Ren, Kokang Ren, Yunnan Ren, and Kokang Chinese are all used to refer to the ethnic Chinese in northern Shan State, an area which borders the western part of Yunnan Province in the People's Republic of China; Kokang people)
  • Enriquez, C. Races of Burma, 1981:p. 79 (the Chinese population of Burma is largely fluctuating, but permanent settlements occur in the Lashio area, notably of so called "Kokang Chinese")
  • Politics of autonomy and sustainability in Myanmar, 2016:p. 13 (Kokang Chinese; the Kokang people; the Kokang) p. 14 (Kokang region is situated to the east of the Salween River and forms the border area between Myanmar and China; 90% of the population is Kokang Chinese, the rest being made up of various ethnic groups such as the Lisu, Miaozi, Kachin, Palaung, Shan and Wa) p. 15 (The Kokang in Myanmar possess multiple and sometimes ambiguous identities; still follow Chinese cultural customs and rituals and are known as ethnic Chinese in Myanmar due to their dialects and physical appearance; many still communicate in the Chinese language, attend Chinese schools and maintain their traditional culture, but nowadays others speak different languages, such as Shan, Kachin, Palaung and Burmese, have changed their names to the Burmese style, attend Burmese schools and have switched from their traditional ancestor worship beliefs to Buddhism) p. 16 (It is said that the Kokang Chinese are descendants of late Ming dynasty immigrants and that they are "Han Chinese". They have been recognized as one of the major ethnic groups in Myanmar since the beginning of the 1960s. Most of them are Yunnanese immigrants)
  • Suryadinata, L. The rise of China and the Chinese overseas, 2017:p. 126 (the Kokang Chinese in Myanmar, who are a "homeland minority group", i.e., their original homeland is within Myanmar; the homeland of the Kokang Chinese is an area that borders China) p. 131 (owing to its history and proximity with Yunnan, many Kokang Chinese still retain strong Chinese characteristics; Kokang is largely inhabited by the ethnic Chinese who call themselves Kokang Chinese. They constitute about 90 per cent of the region's population. They comprise a mix of local-born and newer migrants from China; not all Kokang Chinese reside in Kokang; quite a few live in some of the major cities of Myanmar) p. 132 (Myanmar government recognizes the Kokang Chinese as one of 135 "national ethnic races") p. 133 (Beijing acknowledges that many of the Kokang Chinese are of Chinese (or Han) descent, have inherited Chinese traditions, and possess other traits of the Chinese, but stresses that they are not Chinese by nationality. Instead, they are Myanmar's ethnic minority ("national ethnic race", as it is known in Myanmar))
  • Ethnic Chinese as Southeast Asians, 1997:p. 117 (The ethnic Chinese in upper Burma are mostly Yunnanese, Hokkien and Kokang) p. 121 (presently, Yunnanese and Kokang account for about 30 to 40% of the total ethnic Chinese in Myanmar)
  • Wikipedia, Nov. 5, 2018:Kokang people (The Kokang people (Chinese: 果敢族 = Guogan zu) are an ethnic group of Myanmar. They are Mandarin-speaking Han Chinese living in Kokang, administered as Kokang Special Region (now Kokang Self-Administered Zone). In 1997, it was estimated that the Kokang people, together with more recently immigrated Yunnanese, constituted 30 to 40 percent of Myanmar's ethnic Chinese population; Most Kokang are descendants of Chinese speakers who migrated to what is now Shan State in the 18th century)