A reflection on China-Myanmar relations ahead of Xi Jinping\u2019s visit on 17 January 2020.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\tKhin Zaw Win<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t14 January, 2020\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/em><\/p>\n The Brotherhood’s letter has also emphasized Chinese identity, noting that the centennial celebration has made all overseas Chinese people proud, and concludes with a greeting to fellow Chinese people around the world. This is because except for AA, MNDAA and TNLA both have ethnic ties with China. This is especially the case in Kokang, the MNDAA controlled area, where people are Han Chinese, the majority ethnic group in China. In addition, China has a Wa population of over 420,000<\/a>. But many Chinese are dissatisfied with having same ethnic groups now divided between two countries. This is because in 1960, when China and Myanmar negotiated the border demarcation, China abandoned its traditional territory in order to gain political recognition and friendly neighborly relations<\/a>. Hence, there has been a strong sense of grievance<\/a> against the decision made by Chinese government at that time in China. Considering the impracticality of renegotiating the border demarcation, this grievance can only translate into support for their ethnic brothers in Myanmar. The MNDAA had opened a bank account for crowdfunding in China and raised over half a million dollars<\/a> in less than two years until Beijing suspended it in 2017. Needless to say, the Brotherhood Alliance is hoping that Beijing could re-open a channel through which domestic public support in China can be cashed out to them.<\/p>\n What role do EAO’s want China to play for them? The interactions and background described above demonstrate the multiplicity of their expectations. For the members of the Brotherhood Alliance, who are stuck in a bitter battle with the government, their congratulatory letter also seems to be a letter of request. They desperately need China’s support at both the political and public levels. On the other hand the Wa, which relies on Chinese support to achieve de facto autonomy today, wants to maintain the status quo with China.<\/p>\n The post EAOs & China: Two Letters from Northern Myanmar to the CCP<\/a> appeared first on New Mandala<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n This post was originally published on New Mandala<\/a>. <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" On their 100th anniversary the CCP received two congratulatory messages from Ethnic Armed organizations (EAOs) in northern Myanmar are noteworthy<\/p>\n The post EAOs & China: Two Letters from Northern Myanmar to the CCP<\/a> appeared first on New Mandala<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7206,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11678,1589],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254313"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7206"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=254313"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254313\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":254314,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254313\/revisions\/254314"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=254313"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=254313"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=254313"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}