The Roots of Myanmar's Civil War and the Attitudes of All Parties

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#peace #Burma On December 19, 2023, The Economist magazine in the UK published an article falsely accusing China of supporting the military government and civilian armed organizations in the Myanmar civil war, and selling weapons to the military government in the Myanmar regime's seizure operation in February 2021; It is also claimed that China secretly supports the proxy ethnic militia alliance, the Three Brotherhood Alliance, in conflict with the military government. Is China really secretly supporting Myanmar's civil war? Will China really be foolish enough to trigger a war around itself and tie its hands to economic development? Please let readers and journalists explore together.1、 Basic situation of Myanmar's civil war
The Burmese Civil War began in 1960, when Niwin seized power and established a military dictatorship, vetoing the self-determination rights of ethnic minorities, and beginning a policy of Burmese assimilation. Causing Myanmar to fall into more than 50 years of civil war; Since Myanmar's independence in 1948, there have been multiple ethnic minority independent armed groups, and the Kachin Independence Army, established in 1961, is one of the more powerful forces. The conflict between the Myanmar government army and the Kachin Independence Army over the years has caused significant personnel and property damage, as well as the displacement of approximately 100000 Kachin ethnic groups.

(Myanmar Civil War Conflict Scene)

2、 The Causes of the Burmese Civil War
The suppression of ethnic minorities by the central government of Myanmar. Myanmar is a multi-ethnic country, and due to the diversity of its ethnic groups, it has formed a complex relationship with each other. Although Myanmar has many ethnic groups, most areas are under the control of the central government of Myanmar. For a long time, the central government has not only attempted to achieve national unity in various aspects such as politics, economy, important affairs, and culture, but also taken measures to restrict, weaken, and deprive the privileges promised to the upper echelons of various ethnic minorities before Myanmar's independence. In addition, due to the central government's refusal to fulfill the 1947 Constitution granting Shan and Kayah states the right to choose whether to secede from the federation through citizen self-determination, while also promoting Buddhism, Burmese language, and Burmese clothing among various ethnic minorities to unify them. In 1961, the Parliament of the Union of Myanmar passed the Third Amendment to the Constitution (which established Buddhism as the state religion), which further stimulated nationalist sentiments among various ethnic groups. In January 1949, the Karen ethnic group officially broke with the central government of Myanmar in pursuit of national independence, beginning a prolonged armed conflict between the Karen ethnic group and the Myanmar government.

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