(8) This book was published in the Hmong language in 1997 as Haiv Hmoob Liv Xwm, followed, in 1999, by the Chinese original manuscript published in Guizhou under the title Zhongguo Miaozu tongshi "A Comprehensive History of the Chinese Miao" with a slightly different English subtitle on the jacket: "A Comprehensive History of the Chinese Hmong", probably in order to please Father Bertrais who ordered the work.
Therefore, Hmong Americans who are between the ages of 15-40 now are being referred to as "you young people" (nej cov hluas) and the "intellectual group" (yog cov txawj ntse) who must "lead the Hmong to the future" (vuav tsum coj haiv neeg Hmoob lawm yav tom ntej).