Pa seng thao in paul hillmer a peoples history of the hmong 2010 since the beginning the king of xieng khouang had always given the authority to the chao mouang mayor of ban bane to administer the hmong people in the nong het area. Hmong history of a people is a detailed rediscovery of the hmong saga from their early years in china tribulations in indochina the major role they played in the vietnam war and their adjustment to life in america few americans have ancestors with such a rich and heroic past. Hmong history hmong people generally come from the hill and mountain area just south of china according to genetic evidence hmong people lived in china for 2000 years before generally migrating south in the 1700s. The hmong people date back to 3000 bce before moving to the south of china they resided in china for 2000 years post the vietnam war they set foot in the united states where they were recruited as spies by the cia