Myanmar pro-democracy / anti-junta
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The Irrawaddy · Myanmar · China splits Myanmar's rebel alliance as the Kachin hold the rare-earth belt
From the exiled Myanmar press: argues Beijing manipulates the ethnic armed groups to protect its pipelines and border trade, pressing the MNDAA and TNLA into ceasefires and handbacks while the resistance fragments to China's benefit.
“China manipulates Myanmar's ethnic resistance, pressing groups into ceasefires to protect its border trade and pipelines.”