Ta’ang Resistance Leader Denounces China’s ‘Self-Interested’ Meddling

The leader of the ethnic Ta’ang National Liberation Army on Tuesday denounced interference in Myanmar by the Chinese government, “which looks only to its own self-interest.”

TNLA General Secretary Major General Tar Phone Kyaw in a Facebook post  lamented recent Chinese pressure on ethnic armies to lay down arms or cede territory to the Myanmar junta, saying Chinese “dominance” is one of the major challenges for Myanmar’s anti-military dictatorship revolution.

Among other challenges, Tar Phone Kyaw highlighted the killings and brutality of the military dictatorship, as well as a lack of strong and unified leadership in the resistance.