know Kokang (a)
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bold The clothes they wear are improved traditional costumes of the Han nationality. Sandals and small sanxian, a musical instrument in their hands, can also be seen everywhere in Lincang.
Myanmar Kokang is separated by a strip of water and a mountain in the Lincang area of China. The Kokang people in Myanmar speak the same language, write the same words, have similar faces, but are separated by a mountain. It is a nation of two different countries.
This makes us wonder, are the Kokang people Chinese?
Shan State Plateau in northern Myanmar, pictured with watermark
In fact, the Kokang group of people living in the Kokang region in northern Myanmar is defined by the government of Myanmar.
The Kokang ethnic group was also included in the ethnic list formulated by the Myanmar government in 1983. The Chinese living in the Kokang area is legally determined to be one of the 135 ethnic groups in Myanmar, and it has become the so-called "The Kokang Race".
This move by the Burmese government is undoubtedly based on political needs, in order to separate the Chinese in the Kokang area from other Chinese groups and China.
In fact, the Kokang tribe is the same as the many overseas Chinese and Chinese living in other parts of Myanmar. The people are divided into two ethnic groups.
Myanmar Kokang is an important group of overseas Chinese in Myanmar. It lives in the Myanmar-China border area and has a population of more than 200,000. It has the strongest ethnic consciousness and social influence among overseas Chinese living in Myanmar. The most prominent Chinese ethnic group is also the Myanmar minority officially recognized by Myanmar law.
The Kokang ethnic group is a relatively special ethnic group in the northern Shan State of Myanmar, because it has the same root and the same origin as the Han ethnic group in the border area of Yunnan, China. The same blood relationship; geographically, they live in a place adjacent to China.
As the armed struggle in the Kokang region has continued in recent years,Discussions about the Kokang region and the "Kokang tribe" have also been increasing in the academic and social circles.
For example: should Kokang be taken back by China as a lost territory? Are the Kokang ethnic Chinese or ethnic minorities in Myanmar? Wait for a series of questions.
As for the first question, the answer is undoubtedly that the border between China and Burma should not be demarcated by the Kokang region in 1962. The spirit of "respecting history and taking care of reality" has officially classified Kokang as part of Myanmar.
As for the second question, it has been discussed in the academic circles. At present, some scholars believe that the Kokang ethnic group should be Chinese rather than a ethnic minority in Myanmar, and some scholars hold the opposite view.
Before discussing whether the Kokang ethnic group belongs to the ethnic Chinese, we should first clarify the "Chinese, 16span" and "Chinese", "span" and "Chinese" Definition of “cross-border ethnic groups”.
The Chinese government defines Chinese (foreign Chinese) as: "Foreign Chinese refer to the original overseas Chinese or descendants of overseas Chinese.Those who have joined or have obtained the nationality of the country of residence".
Overseas Chinese are people who have Chinese nationality residing abroad and are citizens of the People's Republic of China. _p5p0 span_
Chinese Those who are designated to live abroad and have acquired nationality outside of China and those who were born abroad and have foreign nationality according to the laws of the country of birth, that is to say they are not Chinese citizens legally, but they are Chinese in blood Descendants (descendants).
Mr. Zhuang Guotu believes that the "local Chinese ethnic group" is composed of immigrants who maintain the stability of the Chinese ethnic group and its descendants. One, which constitutes a part of the local national ethnic group.
Professor Ma Rong defined a cross-border ethnic group as meaning that the members of a certain “nation” live on both sides of an internationally recognized border
After clarifying the above related definitions, we will introduce the origin of the Kokang tribe in the next issue.
[References]
Wang Shilu: "Korean People" in Myanmar: Names, Origins, Status and Interactions"World Peoples", No. 5, 2005.
Zhuang Guotu: "On the Chinese in Southeast Asia", "World Nation", Issue 3, 2002.
Ma Rong: "How to Understand "Cross-Border Nations"", "Open Times", Issue 6, 2016.
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