Chin Haw or
Chin Ho are Chinese people who migrated to Thailand via
Burma or
Laos. Most of them were from
Yunnan, the southern province of
China.
Migration
Generally, Chin Haw can be divided into three groups according to the migration.
1) In nineteenth century, the
Qing army had sent troops to suppress the rebellion in
Yunnan, known as
Panthay Rebellion, which caused up to 1,000,000 live losses - both civilians and soldiers. During this time, many people fled to the
Shan state in Burma, then to the north of
Thailand.
2) There were chinese merchants who trade between
Yunnan,
Burma and
Lanna. Some of them had decided to settle down along this trade route.
3) After the
Chinese revolution in 1949 AD, the 93 Troop, which supported
Kuomintang, had fled to Burma and to the north of Thailand
Religion
Approximately, one-third are
Muslim, known as
Hui.
See also
