Myanmar/Burma civil conflict
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It is not Myanmar's internal affairs if they murdered several police officers and perfidiously attacked at the border.
China's internal affairs concern anything that can destabilize or affect it's global interests. That does not only extend inside Chinese territory, but to any place which is reached by any type of relation.
There was no wrongdoing or breaches against Myanmar in redistributing the local land to a more safe warlord.
A porous border is not equivalent to involvement, and certainly does not amount to interference. The majority of bomb dropped by the government also comes from China, does that mean China supports both side?
MNDAA's type 81s are mostly of Pangkham, finding a wooden stalk is 81 Chinese manufacture is very rare. TNLA's plate carriers says "POLICE" on them, quite obviously commercial production.
MNDAA is getting by with UWSA arsenals and captured equipment. Direct involvement, if it exist is coming through the UWSA as a middleman who also help the Myanmar government repatriate their surrendered soldiers.
The extensive weapons supply environment in northern Shan is enough to equipment MNDAA to victory in KoKang
solarz
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No, "interference" would be a Panama-style invasion to topple the Myanmar government and replace it with a Chinese puppet regime.
Arming a rebel group through plausibly deniable methods is just a not-so-gentle warning to stop screwing around or risk finding out what China is really capable of.
USWA has been shown in parades with fairly significant quantities of Mengshi military 4x4s and also some more higher grade of equipment such as medium sized drones and FN-6, and allegedly have even heavier equipment such as Type-96 122mm Howitzer and PTL-02 Assault Gun.
It is obvious that MNDAA does not have that level of access that the USWA enjoys. Most videos still show them transporting with civilian vehicles, and there is no evidence of having MANPADs as the Tatmadaw is still heavily using helicopter transport.
Anyways, this will be even smarter move if china plan this to happened. China gain so much from this conflict.
I thought the Arakan Army has US connections.
Although the AA was initially trained by the KIA, it later aligned itself more with the United Wa State Army through the Federal Political Negotiation and Consultative Committee. All three groups are also part of the Northern Alliance.[36][37] In 2020, India accused China of assisting rebel groups, including the UWSA and AA, by supplying weapons and providing hideouts within Indian territory.[38] AA has received Chinese-made weapons, such as surface-to-surface missiles used during an attack on the Myanmar navy in 2019.[39] However, there is little evidence to directly confirm Chinese involvement as Chinese weapons may have been supplied by the UWSA, who has a closer relationship with China. The Arakan Army has targeted India's Kaladan Multi-Modal Transit Transport Project but not China's projects in the region, leading some to accuse China of diplo-terrorism.[37][40]
>It is notable that AA rebels, who have obstructed India’s Kaladan Multi-Modal Transit Transport Project (KMMTTP) at different points, have not, similarly, targeted any Chinese projects. The statement by AA spokesperson U Khaing Thukka in March 2020, that “China recognises us, but India doesn’t” further exposes Beijing’s connections with the AA.
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