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UNBELIEVABLE: China asks citizens to evacuate myanmar border area over security risks | History Defined

Members of the ethnic minority armed group Ta'ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) at a checkpoint amid clashes with Myanmar's military in northern Shan State, December 12, 2023 [AFP]

China’s embassy in Myanmar has asked its citizens to leave a border district in Myanmar as soon as possible, citing security risks.

The call on Thursday to evacuate the Laukkai area in the Kokang region, along the countries’ shared border, came as Myanmar’s military battles an alliance of ethnic armed groups fighting to overturn its 2021 coup.

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