Thẻ: China – Myanmar relationship

Is your food safe? Inside Thailand’s toxic river crisis

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CNA Insider – 15-5-2026

In late 2025, images of deformed fish caught in Thailand’s rivers made headlines around the world. The strange lesions on the fish have been linked to rare earth mines upstream.

Driven by soaring global demand for rare earths, mining operations in Myanmar are sending toxic metals into tributaries of the Mekong River, contaminating waterways that millions depend on. War-torn Myanmar, where regulatory oversight is weak, has created the conditions for such mines to proliferate — unchecked and unregulated.

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Exclusive: China-backed militia secures control of new rare earth mines in Myanmar

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reuters.com By Naw Betty Han, Shoon Naing, Devjyot Ghoshal, Eleanor Whalley and Napat Wesshasartar

June 12, 20255:48 PM GMT+7Updated 5 days ago

United Wa State Army (UWSA) soldiers march during a media display in Pansang, Wa territory in northeast Myanmar

Item 1 of 4 United Wa State Army (UWSA) soldiers march during a media display in Pansang, Wa territory in northeast Myanmar, October 4, 2016. Picture taken on October 4, 2016. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun/File Photo

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  • Summary
  • Beijing-backed UWSA protecting new rare earth mines in Shan state, sources say
  • Mines being run by Chinese-speaking operators
  • China relies on Myanmar for rare earth imports but had recently faced some supply challenges
  • Rare earths offer Beijing leverage in trade war with Washington

BANGKOK, June 12 (Reuters) – A Chinese-backed militia is protecting new rare earth mines in eastern Myanmar, according to four people familiar with the matter, as Beijing moves to secure control of the minerals it is wielding as a bargaining chip in its trade war with Washington.

China has a near-monopoly over the processing of heavy rare earths into magnets that power critical goods like wind turbines, medical devices and electric vehicles. But Beijing is heavily reliant on Myanmar for the rare earth metals and oxides needed to produce them: the war-torn country was the source of nearly half those imports in the first four months of this year, Chinese customs data show.

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What’s happening in Myanmar?

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Al Jazeera English – 1- 2- 2025

Myanmar’s military regime is under pressure, four years after it seized back power in a coup. The military has lost significant territory and a patchwork of anti-military groups now control different parts of the country. What’s happening? Who are the groups fighting against the military? And could the regime actually fall? #AJStartHere with Sandra Gathmann explains

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Traffickers switch to Myanmar after China erects border fence

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The electrified metal fence, topped with razor wire and cameras, has prompted criminals to seek out new destinations.

China’s new ‘mega fence’, seen here in Ha Giang, runs for more than 1,000km along its border with Vietnam, Laos and Myanmar. [Courtesy of Blue Dragon Children’s Foundation]

By Chris Humphrey

Aljazeera – Published On 24 May 202324 May 2023

Hanoi, Vietnam – When she arrived at her destination in Myanmar’s northern Shan state, expecting to start a new job, Diep* a 19-year-old Vietnamese woman, realised she had been trafficked.

Left in a locked room alone, she could hear other people but not see them. Armed men were guarding the house.

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Trung Quốc và Vạn Lý Trường Thành phương Nam

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TS NGUYỄN THÀNH TRUNG 04/04/2023 10:44 GMT+7

TTCT – Trung Quốc đang tăng cường kiểm soát biên giới với các nước láng giềng Đông Nam Á bằng một hàng rào dựng lên nhanh chóng, với mục đích rõ ràng.

Ở thành phố vùng biên Thụy Lệ (tỉnh Vân Nam), ngay cực nam biên giới Trung Quốc – Myanmar, có một ngôi làng nhỏ vẫn được gọi là “một làng hai nước”. 

Một đoạn hàng rào biên giới Trung Quốc – Myanmar. Ảnh: Newsweek

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The Struggle for Myanmar – Podcast

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Is Myanmar heading into civil war — or already there?

Nikkei – Nikkei staff writers – February 5, 2022 09:29 JST

NEW YORK — Welcome to Nikkei Asia’s podcast: Asia Stream.

Every week, Asia Stream tracks and analyzes the Indo-Pacific with a mix of interviews and reporting by our correspondents from across the globe.

New episodes are recorded weekly and available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and all other major platforms, and on our YouTube channel. 

LISTEN HERE

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Myanmar’s troubled history: Coups, military rule, and ethnic conflict

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cfr – The 2021 coup returned Myanmar to military rule and shattered hopes for democratic progress in a Southeast Asian country beset by decades of conflict and repressive regimes.

A protester holds an image of Senior General Min Aung Hlaing during an anti-coup march in February 2021.
A protester holds an image of Senior General Min Aung Hlaing during an anti-coup march in February 2021. Getty Images

WRITTEN BY Lindsay Maizland

Last updated January 31, 2022 11:00 am

Summary

  • Myanmar, also known as Burma, has suffered decades of repressive military rule, widespread poverty, and civil war with ethnic minority groups.
  • The transition away from full military rule starting in 2011 spurred hopes of democratic reforms. But the military maintained control over much of the government and began a campaign of ethnic cleansing against the Rohingya.
  • The military launched a coup in February 2021 and then cracked down on protests. The opposition formed a shadow government and fighting force, leading to a civil war and humanitarian crisis that could spill over Myanmar’s borders.

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How will China’s New Silk Road shape Myanmar’s economy?

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ChannelNewsAsia

Series:
– What are China’s plans for the Belt and Road initiative in ASEAN?
– How will China’s New Silk Road shape Myanmar’s economy?
– How will China’s New Silk Road change Thailand and Cambodia?
– How is China’s New Silk Road transforming Vietnam and Laos?

The New Silk Road is China’s grand trillion-dollar strategy to link up 65 countries and 4.4 billion people.

In this episode, we look at a massive Chinese petrochemical hub which has been built in Kyaukphyu, Myanmar, close to where the Rohingya crisis is still unfolding. How will this project shape Myanmar’s economy?

Myanmar troops open fire on civilians fleeing attacks

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Al Jazeera

Bangladeshi border guards say troops fired mortars and machine guns at Rohingya civilians trying to escape bloodshed.

Myanmar soldiers opened fire on fleeing Rohingya civilians – mostly women and children – as they attempted to cross the border into Bangladesh and escape surging violence.

On Saturday, an AFP news agency reporter at Bangladesh’s Ghumdhum border post counted more than a dozen mortar shells and countless machine-gun rounds fired by Myanmar security forces in nearby hills onto a large group of Rohingya desperately trying to cross.

It was not immediately clear if any were hit, but the civilians scattered to evade the barrage.

“They have fired on civilians, mostly women and children, hiding in the hills near the zero line,” Border Guard Bangladesh’s (BGB) station chief Manzurul Hassan Khan confirmed. Tiếp tục đọc “Myanmar troops open fire on civilians fleeing attacks” →

Myanmar đau đầu với đập thủy điện Trung Quốc

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Thứ Hai,  10/4/2017, 09:25 (GMT+7)
Người dân sống ở hai bên sông Irrawaddy sẽ bị ảnh hưởng nặng nề bởi dự án thủy điện. Ảnh: AFP

(TBKTSG) – Myitsone – dự án đập thủy điện lớn nhất của Trung Quốc tại Myanmar – đang có nguy cơ bị khai tử do vấp phải sự phản đối dữ dội từ người dân. Nhưng, đối với các nhà lãnh đạo Myanamar, nói “không” với Trung Quốc chẳng phải dễ dàng.

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Bà Daw Kaw Bu đã chờ đợi suốt sáu năm qua ngày trở về ngôi làng mà bà buộc phải chuyển đi để nhường chỗ cho đập thủy điện Myitsone. Con đập này đến nay đang được xây dựng dở dang và bị đình chỉ vì gây tranh cãi. Tiếp tục đọc “Myanmar đau đầu với đập thủy điện Trung Quốc” →