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Flare-up in northern Myanmar exposes junta’s vulnerability and brings scam centres into view
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Members of the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army walking past a Myanmar military base after seizing it near Laukkaing township in Myanmar’s northern Shan state on Oct 28.
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BANGKOK – For much of the time since the Myanmar coup in 2021, China has treated the Myanmar military as the de facto authority in the country.
It has leaned on the junta to restart work along the China-Myanmar Economic Corridor linking south-western China to the Myanmar coast, as well as to crack down on transnational scam operations within Myanmar.
