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Article: Myanmar fighting riles China.(PLUGGED IN - NATIONAL SECURITY)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- September 3, 2009
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Byline: Michael Standaert and Simon Roughneen, THE WASHINGTON TIMES
LINCANG, China -- A few thousand Myanmar refugees have returned home this week during a lull in fighting between government troops and an ethnic militia that has roiled relations between Myanmar and its closest foreign ally - China.
U Aung Kyaw Zaw, an expert on the military situation in northeastern Myanmar who lives in the Chinese city of Yunnan, said Wednesday that the situation has stabilized somewhat but that many of the estimated 37,000 Burmese who fled here last week are still afraid to go home to their country, also known as Burma.
The Chinese want to show the world that ...