Kokang people

The Kokang people (Chinese: 果敢族 Guŏgănzú) are an ethnic group of Burma (also known as Myanmar). They are Mandarin-speaking Han Chinese[1] living in Kokang Special Region.[2] In 1997, it was estimated that the Kokang people, together with more recently-immigrated Yunnanese, constituted 30–40 percent of Burma's ethnic Chinese population.[3]

The group has an army called the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army; in August 2009 they clashed with Tatmadaw (Burmese military junta) troops in a conflict known as the Kokang incident.

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  1. ^ Burma has other, non-Kokang populations of Han Chinese; depending on what area of China they originally immigrated from, these populations speak Yunnan Mandarin, Hokkien, Cantonese, Hakka, and Hainanese. See Mya Than (1997). "The Ethnic Chinese in Myanmar and their Identity". In Leo Suryadinata. Ethnic Chinese as Southeast Asians. Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. pp. 117–8. ISBN 981-3055-58-8. 
  2. ^ Ng Han Guan. "Ethnic rebels flee Myanmar, abandoning weapons and uniforms for safe haven in south China". Chicago Tribune. http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/sns-ap-as-china-myanmar,0,2397711.story. Retrieved 30 August 2009. 
  3. ^ Mya Than (1997). "The Ethnic Chinese in Myanmar and their Identity". In Leo Suryadinata. Ethnic Chinese as Southeast Asians. Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. pp. 119–20. ISBN 981-3055-58-8.