China To Stage Live-Fire Military Drills Along The Myanmar Border

China said it will hold live-fire military exercises along its tense border with Myanmar, where an ongoing ethnic conflict has spilled across into China. In this photo, rebel soldiers of Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA) gather at a military base in Kokang region, March 11, 2015. Reuters

Deutsche Welle: China to hold live-fire drills near Myanmar border

China's Defense Ministry has said the military will hold live-firing drills near the Myanmar border. The exercise will take place near to where stray bombs from a Myanmar warplane recently killed five Chinese.

The ministry said the drills would begin on Tuesday in Yunnan province and would include both ground and air weaponry, but gave no details as to troop numbers or duration.

The mountainous area where the exercise will be carried out on China's southwestern border is directly across from Myanmar's northeastern Shan state, where government troops are battling an ethnic insurgency by Kokang rebels.

WNU Editor: This is China's way of warning Myanmar that their conflict with rebels in the region must stay in Myanmar and not cross into Chinese territory.

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