 Kokang yave iri nhoroondo chikamu China kwemazana emakore anoverengeka uye achiri kunzi neRepublic of China kusvikira nhasi, asi akanga zvikuru akasiya oga kubudikidza hurumende dzinotevedzana nokuda kwayo kure nzvimbo. Nharaunda iyi yakaumba de facto buffer zone pakati peYunnan province neShan States. Dzinza ravaYang, pakutanga vakanga vakavimbika kuvaMing vaibva kuNanjing, vakabatanidza nzvimbo yacho kuva hurumende imwe chete. Muna 1840, gavhuna weYunnan akapa dzinza reYang kodzero dzedzinza semuranda weumambo hweQing. 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. 