 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Yang Xiancai akatanga nyika Xingdahu muna 1739 mukati nekukomberedza Ta Shwe Htan. Zita racho rakachinjwa kuva Kokang nevatevedzeri vake. Muna 1840, gavhuna weYunnan akapa dzinza reYang kodzero dzedzinza seTusi yedzinza reQing. Pashure pokukunda kweBritainyeUpper Burma muna 1885, Kokang yakatanga kuiswa muChina pasi pegungano remuganhu weChina neBritain ra1894. Yakapiwa kuBritish Burma muchibvumirano chokuwedzera chakasainwa muna February 1897. 