Dehong

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 德宏 (Déhóng).

• enPR: dǔʹho͝ongʹ

Dehong

1. A Dai and Jingpo autonomous prefecture in Yunnan, China.
   • [1978 July, Yu-ting Tu, Chen Lu-fan, “Was There a Massive Exodus of Thais?”, in Eastern Horizon‎^[1], volume XVII, number 7, Hong Kong: Eastern Horizon Press, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 31, column 1:

     The Tais who now live in Hsishuangbanna and Tehung did not come after Kublai Khan. Known as Tianyueh in Chinese literature, their ancestors were there as early as 2,000 years ago during the time of the Western Han.]

   • [1978 November 14 [1978 November 8], “Yunnan Prefecture Reveals Gang's Sabotage in Border Areas”, in Daily Report: People's Republic of China‎^[2], volume I, number 220, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Kunming Yunnan Provincial Service, translation of original in Mandarin, →ISSN, →OCLC, People's Republic of China Southwest Region, page J 3‎^[3]:

     6. It has exposed and criticized their reactionary principle of slandering Tehung Prefecture as a ‘peaceful border area’ and a ‘revsionist paradise’ and their crimes of sabotaging stability in the border areas and the building of border defense.]

   • 2001 March 25, John Pomfret, “China's Lumbering Economy Ravages Border Forests”, in The Washington Post‎^[4], sourced from PIANMA, China, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 21 June 2025‎^[5]:

     In 1988, there were only 13 small sawmills in Dehong prefecture, a center of the new logging trade. Now there are more than 100. Another 100 have sprouted up around Tengchong.

   • 2012 August 23, Edward Wong, “China Forcing Repatriation of Ethnic Refugees From Myanmar”, in The New York Times‎^[6], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 23 August 2012, Asia Pacific‎^[7]:

     It is not clear why the refugees are being expelled now. An employee at the Chinese Foreign Ministry said the ministry had no immediate comment after it was sent a list of questions on Thursday. Calls to the Yunnan propaganda office went unanswered, as did calls to the propaganda office of Dehong Autonomous Prefecture, the location of the camps.

• Hodgen, Hedong