anawrahta animism artisan assam aung san suu kyi ava ayeyarwady ayutthaya kingdom bagan bago bamar bayinnaung burma burmese language burmese script canada chiang mai province china chinese language ethnic group guerrilla warfare kachin state kayin state keng tung kengtung lan xang lanna lao language laos lashio mae hong son province mandalay division mon people mong mao mongols national league for democracy ne win panglong conference pinyin refugee rice sagaing division saopha shan state shan language southeast asia tachileik tai-kadai languages tai peoples taunggyi thai language thailand theravada third anglo-burmese war upper burma vassal world war ii yunnan