Myanmar’s military government has acknowledged that it withdrew its forces from a key city on the northeastern border with China after it was taken over by an alliance of ethnic armed groups it has been battling for months.
Go look up the Wa State on youtube or bilibili. They're literally equipped with PLA equipment, speak Wa and Chinese bilingually, use the Yuan as their currency, etc. They've been finding Chinese equipment "in the forest" for a while. The PRC also did military exercises with the Myanmar gov't so the situation is more complicated. The Kokang are an ethnic Han Chinese enclave while the Wa are another ethnic minority in China who mostly live in Yunnan.
Yeah I know there are ethnic chinese fighting, and I don't know how they're getting the equipment, but I'd find it hard to believe that the PRC would be backing a militia like this, it's not really their style (or hasn't been their style for a while)
Go look up the Wa State on youtube or bilibili. They're literally equipped with PLA equipment, speak Wa and Chinese bilingually, use the Yuan as their currency, etc. They've been finding Chinese equipment "in the forest" for a while. The PRC also did military exercises with the Myanmar gov't so the situation is more complicated. The Kokang are an ethnic Han Chinese enclave while the Wa are another ethnic minority in China who mostly live in Yunnan.
Yeah I know there are ethnic chinese fighting, and I don't know how they're getting the equipment, but I'd find it hard to believe that the PRC would be backing a militia like this, it's not really their style (or hasn't been their style for a while)