Yang Dao
Yang Dao
Yang Dao is the first Hmong intellectual and important leader in Southeast Asia and even in the west to obtain a doctorate. He is also the chairman of the Hmong Strategic Coordination Committee of the United States and the vice chairman of the international Hmong Association.
family background
In the late Qing Dynasty, Yang Dao's grandfather fled the persecution of the Qing government and led his people to move from the border of Yunnan and Guangxi to Gaoping and Hejiang areas of Vietnam. Later, through close cooperation with French colonial rulers, his grandfather became a more influential Hmong figure in northern Vietnam, and was known as one of the two Hmong kings in Vietnam. This area is also named "Miaowang" county (Miaowang county). After the defeat of the French colonists, Yang Dao's family, led by his father Yang Mino, went into exile to xiengkuang Province in northern Laos. From there, young Yang Dao gradually went abroad and accepted the western higher education.
Character experience
Few of the Miao people were able to enter schools in their youth. The old students often make fun of the Miao students "bonnuo" (which means country bumpkin). When Miao students go to school, the old people often follow behind and sneer: Han Miao, "bonnuo" (hillbilly), stupid Miao, "bonnuo" (hillbilly). That's the place where young Yang Dao suffers from the most. However, it is precisely because of this that young Yang Daocai works hard and always keeps his score in the first and second place in his class. Later, some old students came to ask them to do their homework. Yang Dao said to them: I'm a BA Lao in Miao village. I'm simple and stupid. I can't do it. The old students have to apologize to him and promise not to treat Miao students like this in the future in exchange for Yang Dao's help. Many years later, Yang Dao, a politician, and his Miao colleagues worked together to make the whole Laos give up the scornful name of "Miao" and call it Hmong. In 1962, 19-year-old Yang Dao left his parents, brothers and beautiful wife to study in France. Through hard work and hard work, he obtained a doctor's degree in economic and social development from Sorbonne University in Paris in 1972. His tutor is Professor Dumont, a famous third world development expert in France. In the same year, Dr. Yang Dao returned to Laos and was employed as the Royal adviser of Laos. He presided over the intellectual resources development department under the Planning Committee of the royal government. In 1974, he became a member of the think tank of the Lao coalition government (just like the Standing Committee of the Chinese people's Political Consultative Conference). In 1975, he visited China on behalf of the Lao coalition government and was cordially received and condoled by Chairman Mao Zedong and marshal Zhu De. Also in 1975, the coalition government was overthrown by batliao (Lao Patriotic Front). Due to the turbulent situation in Laos after the war, Yang Dao went into exile with a large number of Miao refugees to Thailand, and then worked as a reporter for a French newspaper. During that time, he wrote a historical novel the adventures and myths of the Golden Triangle people, which was popular for a time. In the 1980s, he moved to the United States with his family and settled in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota. Before retiring, he was a professor of anthropology, sociology and Southeast Asian Linguistics at Hamlin and Hamilton and Metropolitan State University, and engaged in the research of ethnic minorities in China and Southeast Asia. Dr. Yang Dao's views on the issue of the Miao Nationality in Laos and even Southeast Asia that they should "fight for culture" (to participate in politics and State Administration by improving the quality of education and population) and not "fight for arms" (to give up force to subvert the country) have deeply influenced the young Miao intellectuals in the West. Yang Dao's wife, Li, was born in the family of Toby Li Feng, the No.1 Hmong political figure in Laos at that time (Li Feng once served as governor of Xieng Khouang Province, Royal cabinet and Minister of telecommunication of Laos). Li's family is rich and well-educated. He once served as a teacher in Laos. Yang Dao and Li got married in 1963. Five days after their marriage, Yang went straight to Paris to study. Dr. Yang Dao is a devout Catholic. After retiring from Hamlin and Metropolitan State University in Mingzhou on September 5, 2009, he has been living at home with his wife, looking after his grandchildren and doing some research on Chinese minority culture. He has visited many places in Southwest China for many times.
Chinese PinYin : Yang Dao
Yang Dao
