On top of that there are still Austro-asiatic speaking tribes dwelling in Southern China today.
Austro-asiatic speakers in China.
There are very few or no bronze drum at all found in Guangdong and Fujian of China even though 2500 years ago, Guangdong and Fujian were still...
Should they have a record of how, when and where Viets replaced Tais in Northern Vietnam if Viets weren't there in the first place?
I doubt that the Chinese totally ignored what happened in Giao Chi . Such a damn large population who took over the area should have prompted more detailed...
Austro-asiatic speakers originated from southern Sichuan and they spread to Southeast Asia through major riverways. In Southeast Asia, they intermixed with the local Melanesian people and gave birth to the Mon and Cambodian today. As proof of this, both Mon and Cambodian people have been found...
Vietnamese people have been claiming themselves to be descendants of the Lạc Việt people since ancient time, before archeological discovery of bronze drums, before the rise of modern nationalism and disputes over cultural artifacts. There was no glory attached to the Lạc Việt people in the past...