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A Chin Haw's mosque at Doi Mae Salong, Chiang Rai
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.[1]
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Migration
Generally, the Chin Haw can be divided into three groups according to the time of their migration.[2]
1) In nineteenth century, the Qing army had sent troops to suppress the rebellion in Yunnan, known as the Panthay Rebellion, which caused up to 1,000,000 lives lost - 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 traded between Yunnan, Burma and Lanna. Some of them decided to settle down along this trade route.
3) After the Chinese revolution in 1949 AD, the 93 Troop, which supported the Kuomintang party, fled to Burma and to the north of ThailandReligion
Approximately, one-third are Muslim, known as Hui. The rest are Han chinese and follow Chinese religions.
Activities
The Chinese Muslim Chin Haw are the same ethnic group as the Panthay in Burma who are also descendants of Chinese Hui muslims from Yunnan province.
Both Chinese muslim and non muslim Jeen Haw are known to be members of triad secret societies, working with other Chinese groups in Thailand like the TeoChiew and Hakka and the 14K Triad. They engaged in the heroin trade. Ma Hseuh-fu, from Yunnan province, was one of the most prominent Jeen Haw heroin drug lords, his other professions included trading in tea and a hotelier.[3]
See also
- Baan Haw Mosque
- Attaqwa Mosque
References
- ^ http://khondoi.com/thai/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=73&Itemid=87
- ^ http://www.oknation.net/blog/hidayatool/2008/04/10/entry-2
- ^ Joel John Barlow (Friday, 25 February 2011 10:09). "Drugs and Cultural Survival in the Golden Triangle". Shan Herald. http://shanland.mongloi.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3485:drugs-and-cultural-survival-in-the-golden-triangle-&catid=opinions&Itemid=308. Retrieved January 7 2011.
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