Chinese immigrants in Myanmar

Myanmar is adjacent to China, and the same border between the two countries stretches for 2 17 1km. Since ancient times, the people of the two countries have formed caravans and waded through mountains and rivers to carry out barter trade activities. Due to the unclear border between the two countries in ancient times, the land trade between Yunnan and bhamo led to the seasonal migration of "Mountain China" to Myanmar. These China people are different from Guangfu people and Fujian people who came from the sea later.

The first China people who settled in Myanmar are said to be jade merchants who moved to the mountains near Kachin State in northern Myanmar centuries ago. They moved here from Yunnan province. 186 1 year, the first cantonese businessman came to the ancient capital of mandalay dynasty in Myanmar via Singapore. However, a large-scale migration wave occurred in 1885 after Britain occupied the whole of Myanmar and incorporated it into a province of India. After that, large-scale Chinese immigrated to Myanmar by sea through the strait colony.

The number of China immigrants in Myanmar surged in the1930s, and by World War II, the number of China people had reached194,000 to 300,000, accounting for about 1% of the total population. They set up Chinese newspapers, Chinese schools and societies. From 65438 to 0950, there were four Chinese daily newspapers and three weekly newspapers in Yangon, and there were more than 200 schools in Myanmar.

There are other ethnic Chinese in Myanmar, including the so-called Kokang Chinese, Panthays and the defeated Kuomintang army during the Civil War. The courageous Chinese are not immigrants. They are all from Yunnan, and have lived in the Kokang area on the China-Myanmar border for generations. Due to the Sino-British Treaty signed on February 4th, 1897, the Qing court ceded Kokang to Britain, and these Kokang Chinese originally from China automatically became local minorities in Myanmar.

Muslim China people are said to be descendants of Arabs and Tatars in Kublai Khan's army. They first settled in Dali, western Yunnan, and married local women. 1855, this group of Muslim China people betrayed the Qing court and were slaughtered by the Qing court army. Many survivors crossed the mountains and fled to Shan State in northeastern Myanmar to settle down.

1962, General Nyon staged a coup and immediately declared Myanmar a socialist country, with the military in power. Between 1963 and 1967, more than 300,000 Indians and 654.38+million China people left the country, and all schools and newspapers founded by Indians and China were forced to close. Most China people immigrated to Thailand, Singapore, Australia and Southern California.

1982, the Myanmar government passed the new civil rights law, which discriminated against foreigners, making it difficult for Chinese to gain a foothold. Then there was a wave of emigration, and many people moved to Taiwan Province Province, Hongkong, Australia and the United States.