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Chinese Think Tank Calls Myanmar Vote a ‘Fake Election’ but Sees Strategic Gains for Beijing
In a rare blunt assessment, an analysis from China’s prominent state-backed think tank, The Institute for International Affairs in Qianhai, a district of Shenzhen in southern China, denounced Myanmar’s general election under military rule last month, saying the process lacked legitimacy and would do nothing ...
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Myanmar Armed Group Says World Ignoring Junta’s Deadly Airstrikes
By Poppy McPherson The head of one of Myanmar’s influential ethnic armies accused world leaders of ignoring the ruling military junta's surge in deadly airstrikes on civilians, adding that only China was intervening in the conflict. Reuters ...
China Executes 11 Criminals Linked to Myanmar-Based Gangs
China executed 11 criminals from gangs based in northern Myanmar that included key members of telecom fraud groups, state news agency Xinhua said on Thursday. The 11 were sentenced to death in September and the executions were carried out by a court ...
Myanmar Completes China-Supported Election
Voting has concluded in the final round of national elections in Myanmar. The vote is widely expected to entrench the power of the ruling military junta, which took power in 2021 after ousting Aung San Suu Kyi’s democratic government.
Cambodia Liquidates Prince Bank With Scam Kingpin Chen Zhi Arrest Exposing Global Fraud Network
A Cambodian bank founded by accused scam boss Chen Zhi, who has been indicted by the United States over multibillion-dollar fraud and extradited to China, was ordered liquidated Thursday, Cambodia's central bank said. Prince Bank "has been placed under liquidation in ...
China Repatriates 952 After Joint Scam Crackdown in Myanmar
China’s national police agency said Chinese officers, working with counterparts from Thailand and Myanmar, arrested suspects and repatriated 952 Chinese nationals suspected of involvement in telecommunication fraud during joint operations along Myanmar’s border. The operations targeted scam and gambling compounds, ...
Disputed Myanmar Election Wins China’s Vote of Confidence
Myanmar's military-run elections are being pilloried abroad and shunned at home, but neighboring China has emerged as an enthusiastic backer of the pariah poll. International monitors have dismissed the vote starting Sunday as a charade to rebrand Myanmar's military rule since ...
Why the Myanmar Side of the China–Myanmar Railway Can’t Move Forward
In 2022, China opened a new railway between Dali and Baoshan in Yunnan. It was meant to be the first step of a much bigger vision: a rail line running across Myanmar to the deep-sea port of Kyaukpyu, giving China’s southwest a direct outlet to the Indian ...
How China Outmaneuvers the West in Myanmar
By Jared Bissinger In the last year, China has increasingly used its economic leverage in Myanmar to tilt the scales towards the military’s State Security and Peace Commission (SSPC), helping them to regain territory and re-exert economic control. China has done ...
Alleged Chinese Scam Kingpin Extradited From Thailand: Police
An alleged Chinese racketeer linked to a hugely lucrative scam hub in Myanmar was extradited from Thailand to China on Wednesday, a police official in Bangkok told AFP. She Zhijiang had been in Thai custody since 2022 after spending more than ...
China Issues Death Sentences to 5 Members of Myanmar Gang
China sentenced five people to death on Tuesday for their involvement in a violent criminal gang with fraud operations in Myanmar's Kokang region along the border, state media reported. Scam compounds have flourished in Myanmar's lawless borderlands, staffed by foreigners -- ...
Myanmar Fighters Agree China-Brokered Pullout From Ruby Town
One of Myanmar's most powerful ethnic armed opposition factions has agreed to a China-brokered withdrawal from a lucrative ruby mining hub, the group said on Wednesday. Myanmar has been mired in a civil war since the military grabbed power in a ...
More than 2,000 Arrests in Raid on Notorious Scam Hub in Myanmar
Myanmar’s army said more than 2,000 people were arrested in a raid on KK Park, a notorious center for telecom scams close to the Thai border. The military reportedly also seized thirty terminals used to connect the center to Elon Musk’s Starlink satellite internet network. ...
China Boasts of Crackdown on Scam Centers on Myanmar Border
Chinese authorities are boasting of a sweeping crackdown on scam centers across the country's southern border with Myanmar, days before a key political meeting in Beijing. Government statements published since Wednesday mention the arrests of more than 57,000 Chinese citizens for ...
Myanmar Junta Recaptures Town on China Trade Rout
Myanmar's ruling junta said Saturday that it had recaptured a town on a trade highway to China from an ethnic armed group in the country's war-wracked north. Following a 16-day operation, "on 16 October, Tatmadaw reoccupied Hsipaw completely," the state-run Global ...
Mass Arrests in Myanmar as Scam Gang Crackdown Heads to Court
More than 57,000 Chinese nationals have been arrested in Myanmar amid a mass crackdown on gangs running telecoms fraud operations, frequently staffed by victims of trafficking. China’s Ministry of Public Security announced the arrests on Wednesday and said they were carried ...
China Sentences 16 Myanmar-Linked Gang Members to Death
A Chinese court sentenced to death on Monday 16 members of a family-run criminal gang that established deadly scam centers in Myanmar's Kokang region on the border with China, among other crimes. Scam compounds have flourished in Myanmar's lawless borderlands, staffed ...
China Wins Myanmar’s Nod for Xi’s Global Plan, Seeks Closer Ties
Myanmar’s military leader, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, said ties with China are at their strongest and pledged to deepen cooperation as the country faces political and economic pressure from major powers. Speaking to Chinese media and business representatives in ...
ASEAN Parliamentarians Call for China Meeting on Rohingya
ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights (APHR), a body of current and former legislators from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), called for a conference involving the ten member countries of the bloc, Bangladesh, and China to resolve the longstanding problems facing the Rohingya ethnic minority.
How Pandemic Controls Still Shape Trade and Migration in a China–Myanmar Border City
A deeply reported story published on a WeChat public account specializing in literary reporting examines how pandemic-era border control policies in Ruili, once China’s busiest land port with Myanmar, have outlasted COVID-19 and devastated the city’s once-thriving jade trade while restricting the movement of cross-border migrant ...
Critical Minerals Weekly Digest
This is a free preview of the upcoming Critical Minerals Weekly Digest, part of the new CGSP Intelligence service launching in Summer 2025. This week’s developments underscore a clear shift in the critical minerals landscape, from fragmented exploration to full-spectrum geopolitical ...
Thousands of Chinese Fraud Suspects Repatriated from Myanmar
Around 5,400 Chinese nationals have been apprehended and repatriated to China following a cross-border crackdown on telecom scamming operations in the Myanmarese region of Myawaddy. The operation was jointly conducted by Chinese, Myanmarese, and Thai forces and follows growing cross-border coordination ...
China Threatens Myanmar Militias on Rare Earths
China has reportedly threatened to stop buying rare earth minerals from areas in Myanmar held by the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) an ethnic militia battling Myanmar’s ruling military junta. The threat comes as KIA and junta forces have been fighting for control of the town of Bhamo, ...
China-Linked Mines in Myanmar Blamed for Toxic Pollution Flowing Into Thailand
By Chayanit Itthipongmaetee and Sally Jensen A sprawling new mine is gouged into the lush rolling hills of northeast Myanmar, where civil war has weakened the government's already feeble writ, and pollution levels are rising downstream in Thailand. ...
China Lead Mine Plan Weighs Heavily on Myanmar Tribe
Hundreds of protesting Myanmar tribespeople march up a hillside to a cavernous facility where a Chinese joint venture's giant milling machines stand ready to grind up the rocks of their ancestral homeland for lead ore. Demand for the heavy metal is ...
ASEAN Eyes Closer China Trade Ties Ahead of Summit
Malaysia's Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said ahead of a high-stakes ASEAN summit set to open Monday in Kuala Lumpur, Southeast Asia’s 10-nation bloc is called to deepen trade ties with China and other partners as it faces sweeping U.S. tariffs. Prime ...
Myanmar Junta Chief Meets China’s Xi for First Time
Myanmar's junta chief met China's president for the first time since seizing power, state media reported Saturday, the highest-level meeting with a key ally for the internationally sanctioned military leader. Senior General Min Aung Hlaing led a military coup in 2021, ...
WEEK IN REVIEW: Afreximbank Taps China Market with RMB-Denominated Bond
The Chinese authorities are reportedly stopping Chinese companies from investing in the United States. Bloomberg reports that China’s key economic planning agency, the National Development and Reform Commission, has halted registration and approval processes for firms that want to invest in the U.S. It is unclear how long ...
China’s AI-Powered Translation System Speeds Myanmar’s Earthquake Rescue Efforts
China launched an AI-powered translation platform based on its DeepSeek system after the deadly earthquake in Myanmar. The platform was critical in bridging communication gaps and supporting rapid rescue operations. Developed in just seven hours, the platform ...
Chinese Developer Under Scrutiny Over Bangkok Tower Quake Collapse
By Sally Jensen and Chayanit Itthipongmaetee A Chinese construction company is facing questions over the deadly collapse of a Bangkok skyscraper -- the only major building in the capital to fall in a catastrophic earthquake that has killed more than 2,000 ...
China’s Quake Relief a Messaging Win
The first batch of Chinese emergency aid arrived in Myanmar on Monday. By then, Chinese rescue teams were on the ground in Myanmar and Thailand, and they had rescued six people. The Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun framed the response as a sign of China’s regional commitment: ...
Chinese Firm Faces Investigation After Thai Building Collapse
A Chinese construction firm is under investigation following the collapse of a 30-floor skyscraper under construction in Bangkok during the 7.7 magnitude earthquake that struck Thailand and Myanmar late last week. The building was the only one to sustain damage among several skyscrapers in the district. The collapse ...
China’s Rapid Response to Myanmar Quake Contrasts With U.S. Absence
China moved quickly this weekend to respond to the devastating earthquake in neighboring Myanmar that killed at least 1,700 people. More than 200 emergency personnel from across China along with dozens of others from Hong Kong and the Chinese Red Cross Society were ...
China’s Xi Sends Quake Condolences to Myanmar Junta Chief
China's President Xi Jinping sent a message of condolence to Myanmar's junta chief on Saturday, a day after a devastating earthquake killed at least 1,000 people. Xi "expressed deep sorrow" over the destruction and said China was "willing to provide Myanmar ...
Bangladesh’s Yunus to Visit China This Month
Bangladeshi leader Muhammad Yunus will travel to Beijing on a diplomatic goodwill visit this month as frosty relations with neighboring India spur his caretaker administration to court new friends. The Nobel Peace laureate took charge of Bangladesh last August after the ...
Thailand Repatriates Hundreds More Chinese Scam Center Workers
Hundreds of Chinese nationals freed from Myanmar online scam centres flew home through Thailand on Thursday, as the kingdom said it aimed to repatriate 1,500 such workers a week. Thailand, Myanmar and China have been making efforts in recent weeks to ...
China’s Role in Southeast Asia’s Latest Scam Center Crackdown
China, Thailand, and Myanmar last week ramped up efforts to curb cyber scams on the Thai-Myanmar border, working to free the foreign workers inside. AFP examines why the crackdown is occurring now and its broader implications for relations between the three ...
Chinese Scammers Jailed for Life as Border Crisis Intensifies
A Chinese court sentenced four people to life imprisonment for their role in running cross-border scam operations in Southeast Asia. The sentences come as ongoing crackdowns in collaboration with Thai and Myanmarese authorities free hundreds of trafficking victims forced into working at scam centers in Myanmar.
Battered Myanmar Scam Center Workers Wait for Deportation to China
Battered and bruised Chinese workers from online scam centers in Myanmar faced an anxious wait with returning home as China and Thailand finalized plans on Wednesday for their repatriation. Scam compounds have flourished in Myanmar's lawless borderlands, staffed by foreigners, many ...
Chinese Officials Visit Thai Border Amid Scam Crisis
China’s Assistant Minister of Public Security, Liu Zhongyi, traveled to the Thai border to meet a group of 300 trafficking victims recently rescued from a scam operation in the notorious Myanmarese town of Myawaddy. Liu would accompany hundreds of victims (held in a camp controlled by the Karen ...
Chinese Minister Meets Myanmar Scam Centre Workers
A Chinese government minister met more than 1,000 alleged scam center workers on the Thailand-Myanmar border on Monday, Thai media said, as the three countries vowed to crack down on the illicit compounds. Public Security Assistant Minister Liu Zhongyi did not ...
Southeast Asian Countries Act Against Scam Gangs Amid Pressure from China
The Thai government announced ramped-up action against fraud operations running on trafficked labor across its border with war-torn Myanmar. It requested arrest warrants for figures involved in the gangs, including three members of the Karen Border Guard Force, a militia that controls the town of Myawaddy, a ...
Thailand Cuts Power to Scam Hub on Myanmar Border Ahead of PM’s Visit to Beijing
Thailand’s Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra embarked on a four-day visit to China on Wednesday, soon after Thai authorities cut the cross-border power supply to Shwe Kokko, a town in Myanmar said to house huge scam operations staffed by victims of trafficking. The ...
Thailand Hits Back: Cuts Power, Internet, and Fuel to Myanmar Online Scam Crime Hubs
Thailand is taking unprecedented action against transnational cybercrime syndicates by cutting electricity, internet, and fuel supplies to key crime hubs in Myanmar, starting today. Starting this morning, Thai authorities shut down essential services to five locations across the border in ...
Chinese Officials Visit Thai-Myanmar Border For Scam Talks
Chinese and Thai officials visited the Thai-Myanmar border region in Tak province on Wednesday to discuss how to tackle Chinese scam gangs embedded across the border in the Myanmarese city of Myawaddy. They are reportedly planning a joint center dedicated to cracking down on the problem.
Suspect in Trafficking Scam Arrested
A suspect accused of involvement in numerous scam-related trafficking cases, including kidnapping the Chinese actor Wang Xing and trafficking him to Myanmar, was arrested and deported to China. The suspect, a Chinese national identified as Yan Wenlei, was reportedly nabbed through a joint effort by the Thai ...
China, Thailand, and Myanmar Join Forces to Crack Down on Online Scam Centers
Officials from China, Myanmar, and Thailand met in Kunming, China, on Tuesday agreed to join forces and conduct a joint operation to crack down online scams, online gambling, and growing number of telecommunication fraud centers operating out of Myanmar. According to China’s national broadcaster, CCTV, the ...
China, Myanmar, and Thailand Agree to Tackle Cross-Border Scam Centers
Officials from China, Thailand, and Myanmar agreed jointly to target a notorious telecom scam hub in the Burmese city of Myawaddy, reports China’s state media. Officials from Cambodia, Vietnam, and Laos also attended the meeting in Kunming, Yunnan province. The initiative aims to use the Lancang-Mekong cross-border law ...
China-Brokered Ceasefire in Myanmar
China’s Foreign Ministry announced a ceasefire agreement between Myanmar’s ruling military junta and the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA) on Monday. The agreement triggered a cessation of fighting from Saturday. The MNDAA is part of the Three Brotherhood Alliance of ...
Myanmar Junta Says It Deported Over 50,000 Scam Center Workers to China
Myanmar's ruling junta said Tuesday it had deported to China more than 50,000 people suspected of involvement in online scam operations since October 2023, as it made a rare call to neighboring countries to intervene. Scam compounds have mushroomed in Myanmar's ...
ASEAN War on Online Scams and Gambling High on the 2025 Agenda, Will Partner with China
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is prioritizing the fight against online scams in 2025, with Malaysia taking the lead as the rotating chair. A significant part of this effort involves close collaboration with China, which has pledged to strengthen its partnership with ASEAN to ...
Thailand and Myanmar Agree to Step Up Fight Against Online Scams, Fraud, and Trafficking
The recent high-profile kidnapping of a Chinese actor in Thailand has raised safety concerns, diminishing the country's appeal among tourists ahead of China’s biggest holiday. Amid these concerns, Myanmar has stepped up, pledging to work with Thailand to tackle transnational ...
China Calls on Southeast Asia to Crack Down on Online Gambling, Scam, and Telecom Fraud
In a pointed appeal to Southeast Asian nations, China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi urged governments in the region on Thursday to intensify their efforts against online gambling and telecom fraud, issues he said are harming citizens across borders. Wang’s remarks ...
Online Scam and Trafficking Lead to Mass Cancellations from Chinese Tour Groups to Thailand
As the Chinese New Year approaches, what should have been a bustling season for Thai hotels and airlines is taking a sharp turn. Tour groups from China are canceling their bookings en masse, and independent travelers are hesitating to finalize plans. The reason? Safety concerns from ...
ASEAN Urges Myanmar for Inclusive Elections Amid Regional Crisis
Thailand called on Myanmar's military government to ensure that its planned elections next year are inclusive, reflecting regional concerns over the junta’s legitimacy and the growing influence of China in resolving the crisis. The appeal came during meetings hosted by Thailand ...
Thailand, China Stage Myanmar Talks
Chinese officials will attend meetings in Bangkok on Thursday and Friday aimed at crafting regional solutions to the crisis in Myanmar. The two meetings are seen as a bold attempt from Thailand to resolve the crisis, which is threatening the ruling military junta’s grip on the country. ...
China Reportedly Ponders Bigger Role in Myanmar
As pressure increases on the military junta in Myanmar, rumors are circling that China could be considering a larger role in the country. The announcement last month that China is considering a joint security company with the junta has spurred speculation that Beijing may be considering a more direct ...
Another Myanmar Militia Declares Ceasefire
A second major ethnic rebel group in Myanmar has announced a unilateral halt in its fighting with the country’s ruling military junta. Tuesday’s announcement by the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA) came a week after a similar announcement by the Ta’ang ...
Myanmar Rebel Army Willing to Talk with Junta Amid Pressure from China
The Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA,) one of a coalition of ethnic minority armies fighting Myanmar’s ruling military junta, signaled it wants to start peace talks. The Shan state-based militia announced its willingness to enter negotiations in a statement on Monday. Two ...
China Planning Joint Security Company with Myanmar Junta
Myanmarese press reports say China proposed establishing a shared security firm with the country’s ruling military junta. The reports say the junta formed a working committee in October to prepare a memorandum of understanding for the potential company. The 13-member committee ...
Beijing Says Myanmar Rebel Leader in China for ‘Medical Care’
Beijing said Tuesday that the head of a Myanmar ethnic minority armed group had come to China for "medical care" after news reports in its war-torn neighbor said he had been arrested on China's orders. China is a major ally and ...
Myanmar Junta Chief Visits Key Ally China
Myanmar's embattled junta chief arrived in China Tuesday -- his first reported visit since leading a coup in 2021 -- but analysts say the invitation is only a lukewarm endorsement from his key ally and could backfire. Min Aung Hlaing was ...
Myanmar Junta Chief to Visit China for First Time Since Coup
Myanmar junta chief Min Aung Hlaing will travel to key ally China this week, both countries said Monday, in his first known trip there since seizing power in a 2021 coup. China is a major ally and arms supplier of the ...
As Myanmar Nears the Brink, Worries Mount in China
Myanmar’s ruling military junta is under increasing pressure from several ethnic militias. The military government, which took power in a coup in 2021, kept its grip on the country through advanced firepower, partly due to support from Russia and China. However,
Myanmar’s War Approaches Mandalay a Year After Rebel Offensive
On the outskirts of Mandalay, nervous Myanmar soldiers man a checkpoint just kilometers away from rebels who have set their sights on the former royal capital of 1.5 million people. Ethnic minority rebels and "People's Defence Forces" battling to overturn the ...
China Lodges Protest With Myanmar Over Consulate Attack
China said Monday it had lodged a protest with Myanmar authorities after Beijing's consulate in the city of Mandalay was attacked last week with an explosive device. Myanmar has been in turmoil since the military deposed the government of Aung San ...
China Consulate in Myanmar Hit With Explosive Device: Local Media
China's consulate in Myanmar's city of Mandalay was attacked with an explosive device, local media said Saturday, adding that no deaths or injuries were reported. The blast occurred at the consulate office in central Mandalay, south of the sprawling Royal Palace, ...
Myanmar and China Have Lowest Internet Freedom, Says Study
Myanmar and China have the world's worst internet freedom, with declines reported in a number of other countries led by Kyrgyzstan, a study said Wednesday. The further deterioration in Myanmar, a Beijing ally where the military seized power in 2021, marks ...
Myanmar Junta Chief to Travel to China Next Month: Sources Close to Military
Myanmar junta chief Min Aung Hlaing will travel to close ally China next month, two sources close to the military told AFP Wednesday, in what would be his first known trip there since he led a coup in 2021. Min Aung ...
Myanmar Armed Group Claims Captured Another Town on China Highway
Fighters from a Myanmar ethnic armed group have seized another town on a strategic highway to China, the group and a resident said, in the latest setback for the embattled junta. Northern Shan state has been rocked by fighting since June ...
Myanmar, South China Sea Dominate ASEAN Summit
Leaders from the ten member countries that make up the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) gathered in Laos on Wednesday for an unusually fraught ASEAN summit. Their time in Vientiane is likely to be dominated by twin crises: the civil war in Myanmar and rising tensions ...
China Supports Myanmar Junta Plan for Fresh Elections: FM
China supports a plan by Myanmar's junta to hold fresh elections and return the conflict-torn country to a "democratic transition", Beijing's foreign minister said Friday. The Southeast Asian country has been in turmoil since the military deposed the government of Aung ...
Myanmar Junta Chief, China FM Discuss ‘Stability’ as Clashes Rage
Myanmar's embattled junta chief and China's foreign minister on Wednesday discussed security along their shared border, where ethnic minority armed groups have captured territory from the Myanmar military in recent weeks, junta media said. China is a major ally and arms ...
China’s Foreign Minister to Visit Myanmar and Thailand Amid Growing Tensions
Wang Yi, China’s top diplomat, will visit Myanmar and Thailand this week, as tensions in the subregion mount. Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian announced that the August 14-17 visit will include Wang co-chairing the ninth Lancang-Mekong Cooperation Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Thailand. He will also meet informally with ...
China FM to Meet Myanmar Junta Chief on SE Asia Trip: Military Official
China's top diplomat Wang Yi will hold talks with Myanmar's junta chief, a top Myanmar general said on Tuesday, during a Southeast Asian trip this week that also includes Thailand. China's foreign ministry said earlier that Wang would travel to Myanmar ...
China Envoy, Myanmar Junta Chief Meet on Border Clashes
China's special envoy met Myanmar's junta chief for talks on "peace and stability" along their shared border, Myanmar state media reported Friday, days after ethnic rebels seized a regional military command. Myanmar's northern Shan state has been the site of repeated ...
Myanmar Airstrikes on Border Hospital Near China Kill 10: Media
Myanmar military airstrikes hit a hospital in a city controlled by an ethnic minority armed group close to the China border, killing 10 people, local media reported on Friday. Military planes carried out at least two air strikes on Laukkai city, ...
Myanmar Alliance Agrees to Extend Ceasefire With Junta in Shan State
An alliance of armed groups in Myanmar has agreed to extend a ceasefire with the junta in northern Shan state after "pressure" from China, a leader of one of the groups said on Saturday. The ceasefire, which was extended to July ...
Myanmar Ethnic Armed Group Claims Control of Town on Key Highway to China
Myanmar ethnic minority fighters said Wednesday they had seized a town along a key trade highway to China following days of clashes, in another blow to the military. Northern Shan state has been rocked by fighting since late last month when ...
Beijing-Brokered Ceasefire in Myanmar Shattered as Fighting Resumes Near Chinese Border
Residents of Kyaukme in northern Myanmar are counting their dead and picking through rubble following fresh fighting that shredded a Beijing-brokered ceasefire between the junta and an alliance of armed ethnic groups. Last week fighters from the Ta'ang National Liberation Army ...
Top Myanmar General in China for Official Visit: Junta
The Myanmar junta's second-in-command arrived in China on Saturday for an official visit, the junta's information team said, as clashes with ethnic minority fighters raged in the north of the country despite a Beijing-brokered ceasefire. Vice-senior General Soe Win arrived in ...
Myanmar Armed Groups Accuse Junta of Breaking China-Brokered Ceasefire
An alliance of Myanmar ethnic armed groups has accused the junta of repeatedly violating a China-brokered ceasefire in the north of the country this month and causing civilian casualties. Beijing brokered a truce between the junta and the so-called "Three Brotherhood ...
Myanmar Junta Revives Plans for China-Backed Mega-Dam
Myanmar's junta has revived plans for a $3.6 billion Chinese-backed dam in the north of the country, which was suspended more than ten years ago following huge public opposition. The project to build the 6,000-megawatt Myitsone dam in northern Kachin state ...
Myanmar Junta Minister Heads to Beijing for Security Talks
The Myanmar junta's home minister has left for China for security talks with Beijing's minister for public security, state media said Thursday. Lieutenant-General Yar Pyae left for China on Wednesday for a "working visit to discuss law enforcement and security cooperation ...
More Than 800 Suspected Scammers Arrested in Myanmar-China Joint Operation
More than 800 people suspected of being cross-border scammers were arrested in a joint police operation by Myanmar and China, the junta and Beijing's embassy in Yangon said on Monday. Scam compounds have flourished in Myanmar, staffed by citizens from China ...
Sri Lanka President Hints at Emerging Chinese Logistics Network Linking Hambantota With Yangon and Chongqing
Discussions are reportedly underway among Sri Lanka, China, and Myanmar to link key ports and industrial hubs in those countries into a new logistics network, according to recent comments by Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe. The president said at a cabinet ...
Chinese Telecom Fraud Suspects in Myanmar Discover Even Amid an Insurgency They Can Still Get Caught
Chinese security officials are celebrating the apprehension of ten "major suspects" accused of large-scale telecom fraud who were captured in Myanmar and forcibly repatriated this week. The group arrived in the southern Chinese city of Kunming on Tuesday aboard a jet chartered ...
Beijing Leans Into Ties With Myanmar’s Military Government as Ethnic Rebels Capture More Territory Near Chinese Border
Senior Chinese officials wrapped up a series of high-level talks with the leadership in Myanmar over the weekend amid a worsening insurgency that is now spilling over the border into China. Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Sun Weidong concluded a three-day ...
WEEK IN REVIEW: Insurgent Group in Myanmar Reportedly Seized Another Key Border Crossing With China
An insurgent group in Myanmar has reportedly seized another key border crossing with China, further eroding the ruling junta’s control of the northeastern Shan State. Beijing remains concerned about factional fighting in Myanmar spilling over the border and has even deployed PLA troops on the Chinese side. (DIPLOMAT) ...
Beijing Hosts 8th Lancang-Mekong Foreign Ministers Meeting
Beijing hosted the 8th Lancang-Mekong Cooperation (LMC) Foreign Ministers’ Meeting on Thursday, jointly led by Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Myanmar’s Deputy Prime Minister U Than Swe. Wang met individually with multiple representatives on Wednesday as they arrived for ...
China-Myanmar Naval Drills Follow Beijing’s Dispatching of Troops to Restive Border Region
China and Myanmar are conducting joint naval drills as the junta government loses ground to militia groups in its northeast border region with China. The maritime exercises come days after China conducted its own land-based drills in Yunnan Province near its ...
Myanmar-China Oil and Gas Pipeline Control Station Destroyed in Latest Attack Affecting Chinese Interests
Myanmar’s military government said several of the country’s armed insurgent groups destroyed a control station of the Myanmar-China oil and natural gas pipeline in a state bordering China. The attack happened in the northern Shan State, which borders China’s Yunnan Province. The ...
China-Myanmar Ties Further Strained After Truck Convoy Torched After Crossing Border Into Myanmar
Myanmar’s beleaguered military government is accusing insurgents of torching dozens of trucks carrying goods from China, as Myanmar’s factional fighting further destabilizes the two countries’ border and strains relations. The fire on Friday in the town of Muse — recorded in ...
Beijing Says Chinese Among Casualties In Myanmar Factional Fighting
Beijing confirmed there were Chinese casualties in Myanmar as fighting escalates between ethnic militias and the military-ruled government along the border with China. Foreign ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin did not say whether the Chinese were killed or wounded, though local media in ...
Myanmar Fighting Raises Risks for China
Clashes along China’s 2,000km border with Myanmar are raising concerns about trade disruptions and a possible refugee problem in China. Since Friday, fighting between the military junta and local militias has erupted in Shan State and Kachin State, which share borders with China’s Yunnan Province.
Further Crackdowns on Cross-Border Gambling and Scams in Myanmar
More than 1,200 Chinese nationals allegedly involved in illegal cross-border gambling operations were detained by Myanmar militias and handed over to Chinese authorities on Saturday, the Associated Press reported. In June, China launched an anti-fraud campaign that has so ...
China Ushers in New Era of High-Speed Rail in Southeast Asia
Indonesian President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo inaugurated Southeast Asia's first-ever high-speed railway on Monday with the official opening of "Whoosh," the Chinese-backed bullet train that zips at 350kmh between the capital Jakarta and the Javan city of Bandung. The new railway opened four ...
Q&A: ASEAN Is Showing Teeth To Myanmar
On the first day of the 43rd ASEAN Summit in Jakarta, the group leaders released a review on the implementation of the Five-Point Consensus (5PC), which was put out in 2021 to help resolve the crisis in Myanmar. The document ...
Backgrounder: Why Next Week’s ASEAN Summit is Worth Watching
Attendees at next week’s Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) leaders’ summit will face a roster of tough issues. In addition to the alarming rise of tensions in the South China Sea and the ongoing military dictatorship in Myanmar, the region is also facing the economic slowdown in ...
Is Myanmar a Good Testing Ground for How Far India Will Go to Counter China’s Influence?
By Saniya Kulkarni There have been developments in the China-Myanmar relationship since the first visit of former Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi to Bagan following the coup in 2021. When we last wrote of this visit, Chinese support of the military ...
A Taliban security personnel operating an anti-aircraft gun keeps watch for Pakistani airstrikes near the Torkham border crossing between Afghanistan and Pakistan in the Nangarhar province on February 27, 2026 following overnight cross-border fighting between the two countries. Photo by AIMAL ZAHIR / AFP
Pakistan’s Defense Minister Khawaja Asif declared "open war" against Afghanistan on Friday amid a surge of fighting between the two South Asian neighbors. Pakistan said it's retaliating against Afghanistan for a series of attacks, including a suicide bombing in early February that killed at least 36 people ...
