Or did Norway choose not to participate? Their absence is curious.
While they are not yet an official combatant they are supplying arms to the other guerillas as is China. I used the Wa State Army as evidence of Chinese relationship to the guerilla armies in Myanmar. It is also well documented and they flout their Chinese relationship internationally. China has an equally imbedded relationship with other guerilla armies.
To the long time observers in the region it is well known that China has long been supplying weapons to the guerillas operating in Myanmar since after WWII. There is a long history of China’s active involvement in Burma which started with Communist Party of Burma (wiki link provided). China trained the communist guerillas of Burma. Once Communist Party of Burma (CPB) collapsed into its ethnic factions, their relationship with Beijing continued. The largest private armed organization or faction that broke off from CPB is the United Wa State Army with a standing count of 30,000 soldiers, the world’s largest private army - as big or bigger than armed forces of some countries including Sweden, Belgium, Georgia, Portugal. China sent an OFFICIAL representative to Wa State Army parade as an indication of how close the relationship is.[https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3006575/masters-our-destiny-myanmars-25000-united-wa-state-army]. Well known defense magazine Janes Weekly wrote an article of Chinese military equipment on display at the parade [https://www.janes.com/defence-news/news-detail/united-wa-state-army-military-parade-showcases-ongoing-modernisation#:~:text=Other modern Chinese infantry weapon,mounted 12.7 mm QJZ89 heavy]. Interestingly, the official currency and language in Wa State is the Yuan and Mandarin.
Recently in 2021, China has resuscitated Communist Party of Burma and its military wing People Liberation Army and they are active once again.
Article stating Indian government suspects Chinese helping guerilla groups on its border with Myanmar, outlining Beijing’s links to the guerilla armies in Myanmar: [https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/china-helping-rebel-groups-on-myanmar-border-india/articleshow/79601798.cms]
China also has been the main supplier of arms to Burmese military for decades. In the last 10 years under current Junta boss Min Aung Hlaing who was formerly the chief of staff of armed forces, Burmese military has complained of the reliability issues with Chinese weapons and have begun to seek alternative sources elsewhere - mainly Russia, but also India. Here are articles indicating who’s arming the illegitimate Junta in Myanmar: [(https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/9/16/who-is-selling-weapons-to-myanmar)] [https://apnews.com/article/myanmar-weapons-russia-china-singapore-05bd26bc54df8bc682ee1143f0f36a5e]
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They got their hands on both sides for political influence. China is selling arms to the rebels, and to Myanmar junta. They make money, gain political leverage. Heck in 2021 election they were caught providing huge amounts of funding to a political party which was caught and subsequently banned under the former civilian government.
My rough guess here: these centers are run in towns just across the border from China. Burmese military likely rounded up entire buildings of these scam centers at gun point and drove everyone in it by truck to the border. Law enforcement in dictatorship. This also happened over 2 month period, not just in one day.
Time to over throw the rich.
They’ve been attempting to, for over a thousand years.
It’s true it’s not black and white because a lot of the long-term insurgents are drug-runners. That said Arakan Army is not islamic. Those are ethnic Arakans who want more autonomy in their state, and sees the Rohingyas who are muslims as a political threat in their state. Islamic insurgency in Myanmar is not a sizable group, despite training they’ve received from islamic militia groups elsewhere in the world.
Yeah it’s the rule of warlords in Myanmar.
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Thailand is one of the biggest sources of arms for drug warlords of the golden triangle, and for the Ethnic Armed Organizations resisting the military junta in Burma. This may have an unintended consequence of harming such efforts and pushing them to seek weapons elsewhere.
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Damn this is huge.
They did colonize Louisiana.
This is a rather disappointing action by Thailand as it legitimizes the military government.
I use it to get the latest news on NFL and NBA. Otherwise it’s gone.
Watch me delete X faster than you can say “money” Elon.
You’re right, it is not. The current Thai constitution was inspired by the military-written constitution in Myanmar that gives the military a lot of say in the government, and we just saw how they used the constitution they wrote to push the will of the people aside and back-room-dealed themselves into the next government.
Good good! Let the exodus to Lemmy begin!