Eastern Lipo (Black Lisu, Heipo, Lipoo) are a
Lipo language-speaking ethnic group of
China. Lipo is a Burmic language. They officially are included with either the
Yi people or the
Lisu people. They live in
Yunnan and
Sichuan provinces, mainly in
Wuding County and
Yuanmou counties. An ethnic group named
Western Lipo exists, too. Paul Hattaway, author of
Operation China, estimates that three-fourths of the Eastern Lipo are Christians.
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