Chinese Border Crackdown Forces Citizens to Leave Myanmar’s ‘Little China’

“But They Did Not Come to Stay Here, ” Added the Colonel, Whose Group – Numbering Thousands – Controls Territory in Myanmar’s Northern Jade-Rich Hills. “They Just Came for a While and Went Back. ”

Myanmar’s Shadow Government Plans Us$300 Million Vaccination Drive

The Workers Are Myanmar Nationals, but the Building Materials Were All Provided by Authorities in China’s Yunnan Province, Afp Found.

Myanmar Struggles to Contain Coronavirus as Health Workers Become Targets

But with Widespread Distrust Keeping Many Away from Health Care in Junta-Controlled Territory, Analysts Say Beijing Will Continue Involving Itself in Areas Where the Writ of the Myanmar State Runs Thin.

China Secretly Sending Myanmar Rebels Covid-19 Vaccines, Medical Workers and Other Aid, Groups Say

By Chloe Bennett

• Oct 8, 2026 • 4 min read

China Secretly Sending Myanmar Rebels Covid-19 Vaccines, Medical Workers and Other Aid, Groups Say

Direct Answer • Key Takeaway

The Junta Has Appeared Powerless to Halt the Spread of the Virus, Spooking Authorities on the Other Side of Its Porous, 2,000-Kilometre Frontier with China, Where Officials Are Waging a “Zero Case” War on Covid-19.

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