The regime is pushing to reopen schools after they were closed when the deadly third wave of coronavirus swept the country in July.
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Villagers Displaced by Myanmar Military Regime Infected With COVID-19
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Coronavirus cases are surging in Kayah State, where over half the population has been displaced by fighting between junta forces and Karenni resistance groups.
Beijing Tells Regime It Fears Attack on Its Oil, Gas Pipelines in Myanmar
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China has conveyed concerns to the military junta that civilian resistance forces seek to target the 800-km-long twin pipelines due to Beijing’s support for the regime.
Myanmar Junta Offers COVID-19 Vaccines to Arakan Army
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The military regime has previously said that all ethnic armed organizations will receive jabs.
Agreement Moves Myanmar’s Kyaukphyu Port Project a Step Forward
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Chinese companies ink agreement to launch preliminary field investigation work for the Rakhine State project, which is part of China’s BRI infrastructure scheme.
China Withholds Full Legitimacy From Myanmar Junta: Old Wine in a New Bottle?
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Beijing has long played a complex diplomatic game in its southern neighbor, hedging its bets by courting all stakeholders; the UN representation issue is no different.
China Invites National League for Democracy to Summit for Asian Political Parties
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The NLD and the military proxy Union Solidarity and Development Party will attend the online forum being organized by the Communist Party of China.
China Tests New Trade Route With Myanmar in Show of Support for Junta
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The transportation of 60 containers by road and rail along a new trade corridor from Yangon to Chengdu followed a visit to Naypyitaw by a high-level Chinese envoy.
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Myanmar Junta Backs Beijing in Spat With US Over Origins of Coronavirus
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The regime’s Health Ministry said efforts to study the source of the pandemic ‘should not blame or put political pressure on other countries’.
Talking to Dead People: What Did China’s Envoy Learn in Myanmar’s Capital?
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Days after the junta reportedly rejected Sun Guoxiang’s request to meet Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, Beijing said it would work to resume Myanmar’s ‘democratic transformation’.
China’s Point Man on Talks Between Myanmar Govt, Ethnic Armies Made Quiet Visit
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Special Envoy for Asian Affairs Sun Guoxiang visited from Aug. 21 to 28, the Chinese government said Tuesday. Myanmar’s junta has been mum on the trip.
China’s Embrace of the Taliban Has a Painful Resonance in Myanmar
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The people of Myanmar sympathize with their counterparts in Afghanistan, another strategically vital neighbor of China whose descent into dictatorship Beijing welcomes.
China Opens Rail Line With Access to Indian Ocean via Myanmar
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The line stretches from Sichuan Province to Lincang on the border with Shan State; goods will be trucked between the border and Yangon Port.
Myanmar Junta Troops Sick with COVID-19 After Sagaing Raids: Resistance
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The People’s Defense Forces say troops are retreating after raiding villages in Sagaing and Magwe regions because of coronavirus and hunger.
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