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The Chinese Dragon Sticks its Nose Over the Myanmar Border

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Apr 23, 2019
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China’s expansionist goals are not confined to the South China Sea. Beijing’s support for the breakaway Wa state in northern Myanmar bordering China’s Yunnan province has become so brazen that it may only be a matter of time before the state again becomes officially Chinese, as it was for a time under the Qing dynasty.

The area has never been under the c…

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