Chinese Nùng
The Chinese Nùng (
Lạng Sơn
provinces.
All Tai ethnic groups in
Treaty of Tientsin, the French refused to recognize this group as Chinese due to political and territorial issues on Vietnam's northern frontier border, therefore the French classified them as Nùng based on their main occupation. The most widely used languages of the Chinese Nùng are Cantonese and Hakka Chinese[4]
since they descended from people speaking these languages.
After 1954, more than 50,000 Chinese Nùng led by Colonel
US Special Forces.[5] They often served as bodyguards to the Special Forces and were regarded as a good source of security for green berets who were recruiting and training locals.[6]
Diaspora
After the Fall of Saigon in 1975, many of the Chinese Nùng fled Vietnam as boat people political refugees to Hong Kong and Malaysia's refugee camps. Most were resettled in the US, Canada, France, Australia, and Singapore, among other countries.[citation needed]
See also
Notes
- ^ Trần Đức Lai 2013, p. 42.
- ^ Xiaorong Han 2009, p. 1–36.
- ^ Trần Đức Lai 2013, p. 3.
- ^ Trần Đức Lai 2013, p. 7.
- ISBN 978-1-4039-8313-8.
- ^ Onion, Rebecca (2013-11-27). "A Forgotten Chapter of Vietnam: How an Indigenous Tribe Won the Admiration of the Green Berets—and Lost Everything Else". Slate Magazine. Retrieved 2020-09-21.
References
- Trần Đức Lai, ed. (2013) [2008]. The Nung Ethic and Autonomous Territory of Hai Ninh-Vietnam. Translated by Ngô Thanh Tùng. Hai Ninh veterans and Public Administration Alumni Association-Vietnam. ISBN 978-0-578-12004-1.
- Xiaorong Han (2009). "Spoiled Guests or Dedicated Patriots? The Chinese in North Vietnam, 1954–1978". S2CID 145394772.
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