China’s government has reportedly brokered an agreement between the Myanmar military and an alliance of armed resistance groups that has made sweeping gains in eastern Myanmar since late last year. In a Chinese- and Kachin-language statement yesterday, the Three Brotherhood Alliance (3BHA, or Northern Alliance) of resistance groups stated that following a round of China-brokered … Read more
In February 2021, the world watched the people of Myanmar revolt as yet another military coup brought a decade of democratic reforms to an abrupt end. While attention has faded in the three years since, the fight has not. Mass protests transitioned into a full-scale armed rebellion. But with the military regime supported by Russia, … Read more
The Chinese idiom, “times make heroes,” aptly captures the current situation of the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA), a Chinese-speaking rebel group in northeastern Myanmar. This ethnic armed organization (EAO) has tended to attract less attention than some of its peers, such as the well-equipped United Wa State Army and the long-standing Karen National … Read more
Myanmar’s opposition National Unity Government (NUG) has issued its first formal policy statement on China, vowing to safeguard Chinese economic investments and enterprises as resistance forces continue to make gains in regions close to the Chinese border. In a 10-point statement released on Monday, the NUG pledged a broad continuity with the partnership established by … Read more
Myanmar’s military has taken part in China-brokered peace talks with representatives of an alliance of ethnic minority armed groups that has made significant territorial gains since late October, the military and Chinese government confirmed yesterday. Fighting has been raging in Shan State since late October, when the Three Brotherhood Alliance – made up of the … Read more
In late October, three ethnic rebel groups in Myanmar known as the Three Brotherhood Alliance – Kokang’s Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA), the Ta’ang National Liberation Army, and the Arakan Army, initiated Operation 1027 against the junta. In the weeks since, they have successfully seized control of hundreds of security outposts and three government-controlled … Read more
An alliance of armed resistance groups in Myanmar has seized another major border crossing on the country’s northeastern border with China, a month after launching a coordinated offensive against the military junta. An offensive by the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA), part of the Three Brotherhood Alliance, captured the Kyin San Kyawt border gate, … Read more
The military situation in Myanmar is changing rapidly. Since launching a resistance offensive known as Operation 1027 late last month, the Three Brotherhood Alliance of ethnic resistance groups, supported by smaller People’s Defense Forces, has secured large swathes of territory across northern Shan State close to Myanmar’s border with China. Rebel forces have captured an estimated … Read more
Following the Myanmar military’s seizure of power in 2021, analysts speculated that Chinese companies would take advantage of the military-appointed State Administration Council (SAC)’s diplomatic and economic isolation to push through infrastructure projects under the China-Myanmar Economic Corridor (CMEC), a component of the Belt and Road Initiative. Almost three years since the putsch, however, progress on pre-project … Read more
Advertisement China’s Public Security Minister Wang Xiaohong held talks with Myanmar’s junta on establishing “peace and stability” along their shared border, several days after three armed groups launched coordinated attacks against junta positions in the country’s northeast bordering China. According to a report in today’s edition of the Global New Light of Myanmar, Wang, who … Read more