Saturday, January 12, 2013

China Rushes Troops To The Burmese Border As Fighting Escalates Between Burmese Forces And Kachin Rebels


China Sends Troops To Burmese Border -- Voice of America

China has sent soldiers to its border with Myanmar amid concern that escalating violence between the Southeast Asian country's government and ethnic separatists is spilling over, an official Chinese newspaper reported on Friday.

The Global Times said that troops were sent to the border between China's Yunnan Province and Myanmar's northern Kachin State "to understand the situation". It did not give any details on the number or type of soldiers.

"On the night of the 9th, there was shelling in Kachin, and residents of the unstable area quickly ran inside the Chinese border to pass the night in peace," the report said. Yunnan is home to an ethnic Kachin population.

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Update: A wider war looms in Myanmar -- Bertil Lintner, Asia Times

My Comment: The war is escalating in Myanmar .... the Chinese see it, and are responding accordingly.

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