The Hmong and the Communist Party of Thailand: A Transnational, Transcultural and Gender-Relations-Transforming Experience

I. Baird
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Abstract Beginning in the early 1960s—and especially by the end of the decade—a large number of the ethnic Hmong people in Thailand aligned themselves with the Communist Party of Thailand (CPT). By the 1970s, most of the CPT's “liberated areas” were located in remote, mountainous areas populated by Hmong people. In this paper, I situate Hmong involvement in CPT through the literature related to the multi-ethnic connections being made through the organisation of armed groups and argue that Hmong involvement with the CPT was transnational, transcultural and gender-relations-transforming. The first Hmong Thai to join the CPT was recruited in neighbouring Laos. Other Hmong in Thailand heard about the CPT through radio broadcasts from Laos in Hmong language. Furthermore, many of the early CPT recruits travelled from their homes in Thailand for political and military instruction at a basic training centre called A-30, which was located somewhere in northern Laos near the border with China. There, most Hmong CPT recruits learned to speak, read and write central Thai language. Hmong CPT also started to meaningfully interact with other Thais, including those from northeastern and southern Thailand and Chinese Thais from Bangkok. Later, those deemed to have particular potential were sent to study in China or in Vietnam for specific military training. Some Hmong sent their children to study with the CPT; others went on their own. The Hmong also interacted with people from other communist movements in Southeast Asia.
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苗族与泰国共产党:一种跨国、跨文化和性别关系转变的经验
从20世纪60年代初开始,特别是在20世纪60年代末,泰国的大量苗族人与泰国共产党(CPT)结盟。到20世纪70年代,CPT的大部分“解放区”都位于苗族人居住的偏远山区。在本文中,我通过与武装团体组织所形成的多民族联系相关的文献来定位苗族对反恐委员会的参与,并认为苗族对反恐委员会的参与是跨国的、跨文化的和性别关系的转变。第一批加入反恐部队的苗族人是在邻国老挝招募的。在泰国的其他苗族人通过老挝用苗语的电台广播听说了禁止酷刑委员会。此外,许多早期的CPT新兵从他们在泰国的家中前往一个名为a -30的基础训练中心接受政治和军事指导,该中心位于老挝北部靠近中国边境的某个地方。在那里,大多数苗族CPT新兵学会了说、读、写泰语。苗族CPT也开始与其他泰国人进行有意义的互动,包括来自泰国东北部和南部的人以及来自曼谷的泰国华人。后来,那些被认为有特殊潜力的人被送到中国或越南学习,接受特殊的军事训练。一些苗族人把他们的孩子送到CPT学习;其他人则自己去了。苗族人还与东南亚其他共产主义运动的人交往。
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期刊介绍: TRaNS approaches the study of Southeast Asia by looking at the region as a place that is defined by its diverse and rapidly-changing social context, and as a place that challenges scholars to move beyond conventional ideas of borders and boundedness. TRaNS invites studies of broadly defined trans-national, trans-regional and comparative perspectives. Case studies spanning more than two countries of Southeast Asia and its neighbouring countries/regions are particularly welcomed.
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