Dehong

The Tais who now live in Hsishuangbanna and Tehung did not come after Kublai Khan. Known as Tianyueh in Chinese literature, their ancestors were there as early as 2,000 years ago during the time of the Western Han.

[1978 July, Yu-ting Tu, Chen Lu-fan, “Was There a Massive Exodus of Thais?”, in Eastern Horizon, volume XVII, number 7, Hong Kong: Eastern Horizon Press, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 31, column 1

6. It has exposed and criticized their reactionary principle of slandering Tehung Prefecture as a ‘peaceful border area’ and a ‘revsionist paradise’ and their crimes of sabotaging stability in the border areas and the building of border defense.

[1978 November 14 [1978 November 8], “Yunnan Prefecture Reveals Gang's Sabotage in Border Areas”, in Daily Report: People's Republic of China, volume I, number 220, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Kunming Yunnan Provincial Service, translation of original in Mandarin, →ISSN, →OCLC, People's Republic of China Southwest Region, page J 3

It is not clear why the refugees are being expelled now. An employee at the Chinese Foreign Ministry said the ministry had no immediate comment after it was sent a list of questions on Thursday. Calls to the Yunnan propaganda office went unanswered, as did calls to the propaganda office of Dehong Autonomous Prefecture, the location of the camps.

2012 August 23, Edward Wong, “China Forcing Repatriation of Ethnic Refugees From Myanmar”, in The New York Times (Asia Pacific section), New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 23 Aug 2012