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The Wa States in an early 20th century The Imperial Gazetteer of India map.. The Wa people (Wa: Vāx; Burmese: ဝလူမျိုး, [wa̰ lùmjóʊ]; Chinese: 佤 族; pinyin: Wǎzú; Thai: ว้า) are a Southeast Asian ethnic group that lives mainly in Northern Myanmar, in the northern part of Shan State and the eastern part of Kachin State, near and along Myanmar's border with China ...
Wa (Va) is an Austroasiatic language spoken by the Wa people of Myanmar and China.There are three distinct varieties, sometimes considered separate languages; their names in Ethnologue are Parauk, the majority and standard form; Vo (Zhenkang Wa, 40,000 speakers) and Awa (100,000 speakers), though all may be called Wa, Awa, Va, Vo.
Bao Youxiang (simplified Chinese: 鲍有祥; traditional Chinese: 鮑有祥; pinyin: Bào Yǒuxiáng; Wade–Giles: Pao Yu-hsiang), also known by his Wa name Tax Log Pang (Chinese Wa: Dax Lōug Bang) and his Burmese name Pau Yu Chang (Burmese: ပေါက်ယူချန်း Pauk Yu-hkyan), is the current president of Wa State people's government, general secretary of the United Wa State ...
China's decision to reappoint its top diplomat Wang Yi as foreign minister one month after former rising star Qin Gang disappeared from public view means Washington will be dealing with a familiar ...
Wa State [n 1] is a self-governing region [7] [8] in Myanmar (Burma) that has its own political system, administrative divisions and army. [9] [10] [11] While the Wa State government recognises Myanmar's sovereignty over all of its territory, [12] [13] [14] this does not include allegiance to any specific government. [15]
Chinese & English The Epoch Times, Perth 2010- Perth Weekly publication, Perth branch of Epoch Media Group Chinese WA Chinese Periodical [1] 1995-1998 Perth Italian Il Canguro (The Kangaroo) [1] 1955-1957 Perth Weekly publication, dealt mainly with sport. Italian Eco Italiano: Italian Language Newspaper [1] 1959 (only a few months) Perth
In a statement late on Saturday, China's foreign ministry said it strongly condemned and firmly opposed the latest U.S. weapons sales and had lodged "solemn representations" with Washington. China ...
The only Wa territory administered by the British was the State of Manglon, which was ruled by a Wa saopha and was populated mostly by Wa in the region that lay east of the Salween. The border with China was left undefined [ 9 ] and the area was left alone, officially belonging neither to China nor to Great Britain .