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.