Myanmar-China Watch

Min Aung Hlaing meets the Chinese president in Moscow, first time since 2021 coup, amid ongoing nationwide resistance against his rule; Beijing’s push for stability.

While going out of its way to help the junta get its nerve center back up and running, China also continues to lean on the ethnic resistance to give back...

China’s strategy in dealing with the ethnic armed organizations operating near its borders is based on the principle of divide and rule, says Wut Yee Khaing Mar.

A TNLA official said China has gone beyond making occasional threats against the armed group and is now applying multiple forms of sustained pressure.

The regime responded to the failure of Chinese peace talks by targeting civilians in Ta'ang National Liberation Army territory with airstrikes.

Ensuring that the junta regained the northern Shan capital without firing a shot, China’s interference in Myanmar has never been so public or so brazen.

Frustration mounts among locals as Deng Xijun personally supervises the handover of the northern Shan State capital from the MNDAA to junta forces.

The Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army has reportedly been given until April 22 to withdraw from the northern Shan State capital. 

Locals say Chinese mafia keep running cyber fraud centers in parts of Shan State controlled by the junta or the United Wa State Army, who profit handsomely.

Min Aung Hlaing hosts Chinese envoy for talks on Beijing’s Shan intervention and support for regime’s planned poll.