Neighbour's interests: China and Thailand to mediate in Burma's civil war

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China and Thailand and the Carter Center, a private foundation in Atlanta, GA, have been making efforts to help the Burmese government resolve its 40-year-old civil war. China put pressure on rebel groups it formerly supported by blockading necessary supplies to border armies, and the Burmese government in Rangoon has negotiated truces with some groups in exchange for supplies. Thai authorities have hosted government-rebel meetings and gotten involved through the Thai National Security Council and Foreign Ministry as well. Yet the State Law and Order Restoration Council in Burma has shown reluctance to get involved in mediation.

Chinese foreign relations, Civil war, Thai foreign relations, Burmese foreign relations

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The CIA's first secret war: Americans helped stage raids into China from Burma

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The CIA fought its first covert war in the early 1950s when it supported the efforts of Chinese Kuomintang (KMT) forces to use Burma as a base from which to attack Communist forces in China. The operation began during the Korean War when the US began encouraging KMT elements that had fled from China to Burma in 1949 to open a second front in Yunnan province in southern China. Ting Tsuo-shou, an ardent anti-Communist Chinese, had organized the KMT forces in Burma. However, Communist forces beat back repeated KMT invasions of Yunnan. KMT survivors later established a Chinese community in Thailand.

History, Military policy, Chinese (Asian people), United States. Central Intelligence Agency, Covert operations, American, Nationalist Party of China (Taiwan), Chinese in Thailand

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Military guns silent

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Burma's government declared the suspension of its anti-insurgency campaign against Karen guerillas in reaction to international outrage caused by media stories about the horrors of the campaign. The State Law and Order Restoration Council may even announce a general amnesty for all rebels before 1992 ends. Such a decision would be due to political factors more than military, and rebel leaders believe such a move would be equivalent to the government trying to save face after a military defeat.

Counterinsurgency

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