‘Factory of Death’: Report Links Chinese Firms to Myanmar Junta’s Bomb Production

A Chinese state-owned company is helping the Myanmar military regime to manufacture bombs used in deadly airstrikes against resistance forces and civilians across the country, according to a new report by the Special Advisory Council for Myanmar (SAC-M).

Titled “Factory of Death: China’s Support for the Myanmar Military’s Production of Aerial Bombs”, the report details how China South Industries Group Corporation, a Chinese state-owned arms company, and its subsidiaries Hunan Vanguard and Chongqing Changan have supported the production of aerial bombs at Myanmar’s Defence Industries 21 (DI-21) factory.

DI-21 is one of 25 factories where the military regime’s arms production takes place. The facilities are located in Myanmar’s central lowlands, mainly in Magwe and Bago regions.