Good good! Let the exodus to Lemmy begin!
Or did Norway choose not to participate? Their absence is curious.
link it next time you see an article. otherwise people will not see it.
Yes China only cares about their economic interests.
While they are not yet an official combatant they are supplying arms to the other guerillas as is China. I used the Wa State Army as evidence of Chinese relationship to the guerilla armies in Myanmar. It is also well documented and they flout their Chinese relationship internationally. China has an equally imbedded relationship with other guerilla armies.
To the long time observers in the region it is well known that China has long been supplying weapons to the guerillas operating in Myanmar since after WWII. There is a long history of China’s active involvement in Burma which started with Communist Party of Burma (wiki link provided). China trained the communist guerillas of Burma. Once Communist Party of Burma (CPB) collapsed into its ethnic factions, their relationship with Beijing continued. The largest private armed organization or faction that broke off from CPB is the United Wa State Army with a standing count of 30,000 soldiers, the world’s largest private army - as big or bigger than armed forces of some countries including Sweden, Belgium, Georgia, Portugal. China sent an OFFICIAL representative to Wa State Army parade as an indication of how close the relationship is.[https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3006575/masters-our-destiny-myanmars-25000-united-wa-state-army]. Well known defense magazine Janes Weekly wrote an article of Chinese military equipment on display at the parade [https://www.janes.com/defence-news/news-detail/united-wa-state-army-military-parade-showcases-ongoing-modernisation#:~:text=Other modern Chinese infantry weapon,mounted 12.7 mm QJZ89 heavy]. Interestingly, the official currency and language in Wa State is the Yuan and Mandarin.
Recently in 2021, China has resuscitated Communist Party of Burma and its military wing People Liberation Army and they are active once again.
Article stating Indian government suspects Chinese helping guerilla groups on its border with Myanmar, outlining Beijing’s links to the guerilla armies in Myanmar: [https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/china-helping-rebel-groups-on-myanmar-border-india/articleshow/79601798.cms]
China also has been the main supplier of arms to Burmese military for decades. In the last 10 years under current Junta boss Min Aung Hlaing who was formerly the chief of staff of armed forces, Burmese military has complained of the reliability issues with Chinese weapons and have begun to seek alternative sources elsewhere - mainly Russia, but also India. Here are articles indicating who’s arming the illegitimate Junta in Myanmar: [(https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/9/16/who-is-selling-weapons-to-myanmar)] [https://apnews.com/article/myanmar-weapons-russia-china-singapore-05bd26bc54df8bc682ee1143f0f36a5e]
To the long time observers in the region it is well known that China has long been supplying weapons to the guerillas operating in Myanmar since after WWII. There is a long history of China’s active involvement in Burma which started with Communist Party of Burma (wiki link provided). China trained the communist guerillas of Burma. Once Communist Party of Burma (CPB) collapsed into its ethnic factions, their relationship with Beijing continued. The largest private armed organization or faction that broke off from CPB is the United Wa State Army with a standing count of 30,000 soldiers, the world’s largest private army - as big or bigger than armed forces of some countries including Sweden, Belgium, Georgia, Portugal. China sent an OFFICIAL representative to Wa State Army parade as an indication of how close the relationship is.[https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3006575/masters-our-destiny-myanmars-25000-united-wa-state-army]. Well known defense magazine Janes Weekly wrote an article of Chinese military equipment on display at the parade [https://www.janes.com/defence-news/news-detail/united-wa-state-army-military-parade-showcases-ongoing-modernisation#:~:text=Other modern Chinese infantry weapon,mounted 12.7 mm QJZ89 heavy]. Interestingly, the official currency and language in Wa State is the Yuan and Mandarin.
Recently in 2021, China has resuscitated Communist Party of Burma and its military wing People Liberation Army and they are active once again.
Article stating Indian government suspects Chinese helping guerilla groups on its border with Myanmar, outlining Beijing’s links to the guerilla armies in Myanmar: [https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/china-helping-rebel-groups-on-myanmar-border-india/articleshow/79601798.cms]
China also has been the main supplier of arms to Burmese military for decades. In the last 10 years under current Junta boss Min Aung Hlaing who was formerly the chief of staff of armed forces, Burmese military has complained of the reliability issues with Chinese weapons and have begun to seek alternative sources elsewhere - mainly Russia, but also India. Here are articles indicating who’s arming the illegitimate Junta in Myanmar: [(https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/9/16/who-is-selling-weapons-to-myanmar)] [https://apnews.com/article/myanmar-weapons-russia-china-singapore-05bd26bc54df8bc682ee1143f0f36a5e]
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China’s influence in Myanmar far-reaching. They are the main source of arms to both the Burmese military junta and the guerillas fighting the Junta. They have re-launched Communist Party of Burma and its military wing People’s Liberation Army (of Burma) since the coup in 2021.
The previous military government re-named it yes. News editors around the world decided sometime ago to go by Myanmar so here we are.
They got their hands on both sides for political influence. China is selling arms to the rebels, and to Myanmar junta. They make money, gain political leverage. Heck in 2021 election they were caught providing huge amounts of funding to a political party which was caught and subsequently banned under the former civilian government.
Buffalo air port closed too.
My rough guess here: these centers are run in towns just across the border from China. Burmese military likely rounded up entire buildings of these scam centers at gun point and drove everyone in it by truck to the border. Law enforcement in dictatorship. This also happened over 2 month period, not just in one day.
Time to over throw the rich.
There is some cooperation but a lot of rivalry. Current offensive is coordination between only 3 out of a dozen or more guerilla forces called Brotherhood Alliance - Arakan Army (which is the ethnic Arakanese who are predominantly buddhist, recently formed in the past decade when the Rohingya militants became active in Arakan), MNDAA - which is Kokang based populated by ethinc Han Chinese who escaped the Manchurians (and Qing dynasty) and settled in Burma, and Ta’ang National Liberation Army who represents a small ethnic group numbering a few hundred thousand at most in Northeast Burma. Since WW2 many of them fight amongst themselves for control of drug trade, black market trade, and territory where they tax businesses and people for protection. The biggest independent militia in the world - the United Wa State Army with 30,000 soldiers are neutral to the current conflict, are aligned with the military junta to a certain extent, but are also supplying arms to these other militias. Now all the ones I’ve mentioned are called Ethnic Armed Orgs (EAOs) or non-Burman.
The government in exile formed by elected law makers from 2021 election who escaped abroad are supporting spontaneous civilian militias in various parts of lowland Burma, and also has a small armed group they have formed with civilian and student protesters from 2021. They are not well-organized, and thus are not coordinating with the Brotherhood Alliance, but are likely taking advantage of the situation. This government in exile has tried to arrange talks with all the EAOs into an alliance, but thus far have not been successful.
They’ve been attempting to, for over a thousand years.
The military staged a coup in 2021 to prevent an elected civilian gov’t from taking power. There were massive nation-wide protests that they put down with gun fire. The civilian protest movement has organized militias funded by donations and allied themselves with ethnic rebels who’ve been fighting for autonomy or independence since the country gained independence from the British after WW2. Last month, that coalition of rebels launched an offensive that’s been hugely successful thus far taking a lot of bases from the military junta and taken control of two border towns that control trades with China and India. Junta is reeling and they are using scare tactics to try and rally people to their side.
Are any of these stories true? How legit is this publication? Jesus this is horrible.