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TheChin Haw orChin Ho (Chinese:秦霍;pinyin:Qín huò;Thai:จีนฮ่อ,RTGS: Chin Ho), also known locally asYunnanese (Chinese:雲南人,Thai:คนยูนนาน), are Chinese people who migrated to Thailand viaMyanmar orLaos. Most of them were originally fromYunnan, a southern province ofChina.[1][2] They speakSouthwestern Mandarin.
Generally, the Chin Haw can be divided into three groups, according to the time of their migration.[3]
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The majority areHan Chinese and follow Chinese folk religion or Buddhism. Approximately one-third areMuslim, also known asHui people or Hui Muslim.
The Chin Haw have traditionally been itinerant in their lifestyle, conducting long-distance caravan trade throughout the Thai-Burma-Laos frontier, southeast China, and northern Vietnam.[4]
They have engaged in the heroin trade. Ma Hseuh-fu, from Yunnan province, was one of the most prominent Chin Haw heroin drug lords. His other professions included trading in tea and being a hotelier.[5]
The Muslim Chin Haw are the same ethnic group as thePanthay in Burma, who are also descendants of Hui Muslims from Yunnan province, China.[citation needed]
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