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China’s willingness to meddle in Myanmar’s internal affairs extends to its involvement in ethnic conflicts in the northern Kachin and Kokang regions bordering the country’s southwestern Yunnan Province, and includes arming ethnic rebel groups and interfering in peace talks (see Jürgen Haacke; Irriwaddy; Toshihiro Kudo; Michael F. Martin; Mizzima,Mar. 5, June 2, Oct. 9, 2015; Maung Aung Myoe; Min Zaw Oo; Yun Sun, Asia Pacific Bulletin; Stimson Center).

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