China has proven its support for the military council by both words and deeds. China has also invited Min Aung Hlaing to the Mekong River Basin Dialogue to be held in China next month. If this news is true, it will be China’s official recognition of the military council. It will also get the international recognition that Min Aung Hlaing so desperately wants. This will be an important political development for the military council and a cause for concern for the revolution.
The current crackdown on the areas controlled by the military council and China in northern Shan and Kachin is also a cause for concern. China even wants the MNDAA to return Lashio to the military council. It is also pressuring it to withdraw from some other occupied areas. This is absolutely impossible. The revolutionary groups have put a lot of blood and sweat in their hands and are under a lot of pressure. The northern groups are really in trouble. The people need to surround them.
