Bertil Lintner looks at the often devious ways in which China cemented the pauk-phaw or kinship relationship to become the dominant foreign power in Myanmar, sidelining all others.
Myanmar, Chinese and Thailand
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An airlift carrying more than 1,000 Chinese nationals who had worked at online scam centers in eastern Myanmar began Thursday, after the rescued workers were taken across the border to Thailand and put on chartered flights to China.
With the civil conflict in Myanmar still unresolved four years after the military coup, a new political equilibrium might take the form of the break-up of the state.
As Thailand intensified efforts to crack down on compounds housing illegal scam operations that have flourished in parts of Myanmar's lawless borderlands, four photos were shared in social media posts that falsely claimed they showed the Thai military readying to cross the border in February 2025.
The law allows Chinese companies to provide security services for Chinese organizations, projects and businesses, as well as events involving Chinese citizens.
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