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  2. Hmong people - Wikipedia

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    The Hmong people (RPA: Hmoob, CHV: Hmôngz, Nyiakeng Puachue: πž„€πž„©πž„°, Pahawh Hmong: π–¬Œπ–¬£π–¬΅, IPA:, Chinese: 苗族蒙人) are an indigenous group in East Asia and Southeast Asia. In China, the Hmong people are classified as a sub-group of the Miao people.

  3. Miao people - Wikipedia

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    A western study mention that the Miao (especially the Miao-Hunan) has its origins in southern China but have some DNA from the Northeast people of China. Recent DNA samples of Miao males contradict this theory. The White Hmong have 25% C, 8% D, & 6% N(Tat) [50] yet they have the least contact with the Han population.

  4. List of ethnic groups in China - Wikipedia

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    Ethnolinguistic map of China China's Autonomous Regions and its Designated Ethnic Minority. The Han people are the largest ethnic group in mainland China. In 2010, 91.51% of the population were classified as Han (~1.2 billion). [1]

  5. Hmong customs and culture - Wikipedia

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    The Hmong people are an ethnic group currently native to several countries, believed to have come from the Yangtze river basin area in southern China. [1] The Hmong are known in China as the Miao, which encompasses not only Hmong, but also other related groups such as Hmu, Qo Xiong and A-Hmao. [2] There is debate about usage of this term ...

  6. Ban Phou Pheung Noi - Wikipedia

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    The others were Hmong people (previously called Miao people), who migrated from South China and North Vietnam in the 18th century. [5] Between 1952 and 1965, the Hmong hill tribes mainly lived in Ban Phou Pheung Noi, hunting, fishing, and burning the rainforest to clear land. They grew corn, rice, and opium poppies. The site of Ban Phou Pheung ...

  7. China's new national map has set off a wave of protests. Why?

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    China has upset many countries in the Asia-Pacific region with its release of a new official map that lays claim to most of the South China Sea, as well as to contested parts of India and Russia ...

  8. In the US, Hmong 'new year' recalls ancestral spirits while ...

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    Persecuted as an ethnic minority in their ancestral lands in China, the Hmong fled first to the mountains of Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam. There, tens of thousands fought for the United States in ...

  9. Hmongic languages - Wikipedia

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    Hmong is the biggest subgroup within the Hmongic peoples. Many overseas Hmong prefer the name Hmong, and claim that Meo (a Southeast Asian language change from Miao) is both inaccurate and pejorative, though it is generally considered neutral by the Miao community in China.