China Stages Military Exercises Along Myanmar Border

China has launched live-fire air-ground training exercises along the China-Myanmar border, an area where Kokang rebels have been fighting Myanmar's army for months. China’s Foreign and Defense ministries announced that the military exercises were taking place inside the country's Yunnan province. The Global Times, under the auspices of the People's Daily, reported that the Chinese military provided precise coordinates of the area of the exercises but gave no clear...

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