More Asian hill tribes, how curious, it's next to China, they speak a lot of Chinese there and use Chinese currency more than Myanmar's own.
UWSA special force snipers participate in a military parade, to commemorate 30 years of a ceasefire signed with the Myanmar military in the Wa State, in Panghsang, April 17, 2019. Photo: AFP/Ye Aung Thu
Myanmar’s Wa hold the key to war and peace
Ethnic armed group has leveraged ties to China to avoid conflict and build a prosperous nationalist state
ByBertil Lintner, Panghsang
The Wa, an autonomous ethnic minority living in the rugged hills of northeastern Myanmar, are open and clear that they have no intention to break away from the national union.
The Wa Self-Administered Division, as their territory is officially known, is a self-governing buffer state between Myanmar and China with its own courts, schools, hospitals and even a modern TV news station.
Besides the native Wa language, many speak Chinese while only a few are fluent in the country’s main Bamar language. The Chinese yuan, not the Myanmar kyat, is the currency of choice in shops and marketplaces. Mobile phones and the internet are linked to Chinese, not Myanmar, networks.
Read more at: https://www.asiatimes.com/2019/09/article/myanmars-wa-hold-the-key-to-war-and-peace/
Whoever would have known? And rulers over there, all of these people have been there for thousands of years.
I'm sure at times, it was very hard and difficult for some of these peoples.
