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Dec 15 (Reuters) - Generals from Myanmar's junta held peace talks in June near the border with China with representatives of three powerful ethnic armies. They sat across a wide table covered with blue cloth and decorated with elaborate bouquets.

But rebels were playing a double-game.

Secretly, the ethnic armies - collectively called the Three Brotherhood Alliance - had already laid the groundwork for Operation 1027, a major offensive launched in October that has become the most significant threat to the regime since it seized power in a 2021 coup.
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacif...023-12-15/

China asks citizens to leave Myanmar border district, citing security...China’s embassy in Myanmar today asked its citizens to leave a northern district along the countries’ shared border, citing heightened security risks as ethnic minority armed groups battle the junta...

China asks citizens to leave Myanmar border district, citing security risk. As China is asking citizens to leave Myanmar border district.

China’s embassy in Myanmar today asked its citizens to leave a northern district along the countries’ shared border, citing heightened security risks. — AFP pic

YANGON, Dec 28 — China’s embassy in Myanmar today asked its citizens to leave a northern district along the countries’ shared border, citing heightened security risks as ethnic minority armed groups battle the junta.

Clashes have raged since October across Myanmar’s northern Shan state after the Arakan Army (AA), the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA) and the Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) launched an offensive against the military. The groups have seized several towns and border hubs vital for trade with China in what analysts say is the biggest military challenge to the junta since it seized power in 2021.

The MNDAA has vowed to recapture Laukkai town, located in a district bordering China, is run by a military-aligned militia did is notorious for gambling, prostitution and online scams the conflicts in Laukkai district of Kokang, northern Myanmar continue & safety risks have escalated for people stranded there,” the embassy said on its WeChat account.
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