Definition of "Sibsongpanna"

The Bangkok government indicated real concern over the developments in Communist China’s Yunnan province. Thai officials were afraid that Sibsongpanna would be a center where pro-Communist Thai in Southeast Asia would go and where subversive agitation could be directed against outside legitimate governments.

1958, Russell H. Fifield, The Diplomacy of Southeast Asia: 1945-1958‎, New York: Harper & Brothers, page 263

The lack of knowledge of Chinese was regarded as a major obstacle for the imposition of Chinese rule, and already in 1912 the head of the Chinese government of Simao and Puer reported to the provincial government about the urgent need for developing Chinese education in Sipsong Panna (Xiao 1993: 125).]

, University of Washington Press, page 94

A further indication of Tai Buddhist relations to the environment may be gained from the Tai of Sibsongpanna in southern China.

2000, Lindsay Falvey, Thai Agriculture: Golden Cradle of Millennia‎

A company has conducted a study on Job's tears for the last 13 years. Initially, Job's tears were grown in Sibsongpanna, Yunnan in China (black variety) and also some small quantities were produced in Thailand.

2005, Linkham Douangsavanh, Enhancing Sustainable Development of Diverse Agriculture in Lao People's Democratic Republic‎, page 39

It launched a new route from Siem Reap to Sipsongpanna in Yunnan province China 1 July with three-weekly flights]

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