Myanmar Border Conflict Tests China

As fighting continues in northern Myanmar, along China’s southern border, the government in Beijing is grappling with a flood of refugees, as well as questions about how Chinese authorities should respond to the conflict. Myanmar’s military has declared martial law and a state of emergency in the northern area of the Kokang special region, but that has not put an end to the clashes with armed ethnic rebels.   The Myanmar government says that in addition to the Kokang fighters,...

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