The announcement by the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army is a sign of China's growing efforts to shape the direction of the conflict in Shan State. Min Aung Hlaing's visit to Kunming ...

In late October 2023, a coalition of three ethnic armed groups in Shan State launched a coordinated ... independence from British rule in 1948, Myanmar has grappled with effective governance ...

and strategic towns and cities along the Chinese border in Shan state in northeastern Myanmar. In August this year, the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army, another force in the rebel ...