Myanmar-China Watch

“We are watching you,” the Ruili City Security Commission warned the ethnic armed organization, urging it to return to negotiations with the regime.

Chinese ambassador to Myanmar Ma Jia met the junta’s defense minister to discuss border security and joint military training.

Military exercise comes amid escalation of clashes as junta loses more territory to ethnic Brotherhood Alliance and resistance allies.

Min Aung Hlaing softens his tune on China, vowing to its new ambassador that he will do everything he can to protect the country’s investments and citizens in the country. 

Myanmar’s civilian government questions the strategic viability of the talks China’s Foreign Minister held with war criminals in Naypyitaw last week.

‘We support … restarting the process of democratic transition through elections,’ Wang Yi said at a regional meeting in Thailand.

Wang Yi told Min Aung Hlaing that China opposes efforts to ‘smear’ it or harm bilateral ties, after the junta boss implied Beijing is helping EAOs fight his regime.

Former military dictator Than Shwe reportedly asked visiting Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi to maintain Myanmar’s “stability”.

Wang Yi and Min Aung Hlaing also discussed the junta’s election plans at their first ever meeting.

She served as third secretary at the Chinese Embassy in Yangon from 1995 to 1998, during the rule of dictator Than Shwe.