1967年6月26日,緬甸首都仰光發生了排華事件。排華起因於北京「文化大革命」的「革命外交路線」,同時這一事件被奈溫用來轉移國內民眾對軍人政權的不滿,緩解政治合法性的危機。此前中共對緬甸華僑的統戰、部分華僑對北京的支持和認同、國際反華大氣候的存在,均為此次排華事件的發生創造了客觀條件。「6.26」事件使華僑的生命、財產遭受不同程度損失,緬華社會生存發展環境惡化,導致大批華僑華人再移民。排華使華僑加快了入籍和同化當地的步伐,並開始儘量隱藏自我認同和華人的身份。「6.26」事件使緬甸華人更為成熟,學會如何更小心地保護自己。因此,這一事件在緬華社會從「葉落歸根」向「落地生根」的轉變過程中,明顯具有加速器的作用。
Anti-Chinese riot happened in Rangoon on June 26, 1967 because the Cultural Revolution in Communist China spilled over into Burma. Meanwhile, Ne Win, Burma's military general and dictator, used the accident to distract people's dissatisfaction with its military regime and to further hamper the mitigation process and crisis of its political legitimacy. Heretofore, CCP's uniting Overseas Chinese in Burma, some pro-Beijing Chinese and international anti-Chinese environment were objective cause for anti-Chinese riot. The riot resulted in Overseas Chinese dead and deep economic loss in Burma. Their living conditions worsened, so many Overseas Chinese remigrated. The anti-Chinese riot forced Chinese to expedite naturalization and assimilation, which made them conceal self-identity and Chineseness. The accident taught them, through the experience, how to protect their interests. During the change from Chinese national into Burmese citizenship, the anti-Chinese riot in 1967 had an accelerating function.