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BEIJING - China is happy to see parties to the Myanmar conflict hold peace talks and is willing to provide further support on Tuesday easing of situation in northern Myanmar is in the interests of all parties and conducive to peace stability in the China-Myanmar border area," said foreign ministry spokesperson Mao Ning.

China is happy to see parties to the conflict in northern Myanmar hold peace talks to achieve positive results, and we are ready to continue to provide support and facilitation to this end.
https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/china-...n-ministry

Myanmar's Buddhists and Christians join fight against junta

Myanmar's Buddhists and Christians join fight against junta. Myanmar's Chin State, Buddhists and Christians unite in the Chinland Defense Force to fight military junta. Buddhist members of the Chinland Defense Force take part in weekly prayers at their campImage:

Young fighters with the "Chinland Defense Forces" pack the floor of a tarpaulin-walled room at their mountain base on a Saturday evening, chanting over Buddhist texts illuminated by candles and smartphones. This is headquarters of the Chinland Defense Force – Kalay, Kabaw, Gangaw (CDF-KKG) Battalion 4. And for the Buddhists in this resistance group, Saturdays are for praying.

CDF-KKG is fighting Myanmar's military junta, which in recent months has been losing ground across the country to a armed ethnic militias who have launched an offensive. The junta took power in a coup in 2021, and the conflict between the military and resistance groups has not ceased since. Battalion 4's base in the northeastern part of Chin State is cut into a mountain that overlooks townships in the bordering Sagaing Region.
https://www.dw.com/en/myanmars-joint-res...a-67710310