There’s been hope among Myanmar revolutionaries that China would finally give up on the country’s military regime. The military is besieged on all sides by guerrilla groups who want to destroy the junta once and for all. But those hopes are dimming as Beijing sends the regime new fighter jets and invites its leader to visit China. As The World’s Patrick Winn reports, China’s dominant hand in Myanmar is a major threat to the revolution.
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