Chiefdom of Kokang
Chiefdom of Kokang 果敢土司 | |||||||||
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| 1739–1959 | |||||||||
| Capital | Kya Tzi Shu (in modern Kokang) | ||||||||
| Common languages | Southwestern Mandarin | ||||||||
| Government | Monarchy | ||||||||
| Saopha | |||||||||
• 1739–1758 | Yang Shien-tsai (first) | ||||||||
• 1947–1949 | Sao Yang Wen Pin | ||||||||
• 1949–1959 | Sao Edward Yang Kyein Tsai (last) | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Established | 1739 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 1959 | ||||||||
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| Today part of | Myanmar | ||||||||
The Chiefdom of Kokang (Chinese: 果敢土司; pinyin: Guǒgǎn Tǔsī), ruled by the Chinese Yang clan, was an autonomous Tusi chiefdom of the Qing dynasty. Its territory is part of modern-day Kokang, Shan State, Myanmar. The Yang Clan were Ming loyalists that had fled to Kokang with other Ming loyalists to escape the regime of the newly formed Shun Dynasty. Yang Gaoxue was one of these Ming loyalists. One of Yang Gaoxue's descendants, Yang Shien-tsai formed the Chiefdom of Kokang officially on 1739. When the Qing rose to power in China, the Chiefdom of Kokang decided to acknowledge Qing suzerainty in order to prevent an invasion by the Qing. They agreed to become a semi-autonomous region under the Qing and payed tributes to the Qing. The region was ceded to the British in 1894 by the Qing, and the British started chipping away its autonomous status.