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ESWN collects news reports on the military conflict between the Burmese government and the Kokang Ceasefire Group near the Sino-Burmese border. The situation has been getting worse in the past few days and thousands of Burmese refugees fled to China. Last Friday, a bomb fired across the border killed one person and injured several in Yunnan Province of China.
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Now maybe China will act. against (Thitsaphout Than Shwe) and his illegal government. If China marches against Than Shwe and frees Burma, then China will have gained the respect of the entire world.