Jianhua Ayoe Wang Surviving Beyond Political Borders
1. Surviving Beyond Political Borders: Communication Challenges of the Akha People in Highlands of Mainland Southeast Asia Jianhua Ayoe Wang PhD Candidate in Anthropology, University of California at Riverside
2. Akha—a Tibeto-Burman group Yunnan Province SW China 230,000 Shan, E. Myanmar 220,000 N. Thailand 70,000 N. Laos 100,000 NW Vietnam 2,000 Total population of the Akha: 622,000
3. In Myanmar In Thailand In China In Laos The Akha—one of the major highland groups in the Mainland of Southeast Asia)