Myanmar armed group seizes China-Myanmar border crossing

An armed ethnic minority in Myanmar has taken over a profitable border crossing to China from the country’s ruling junta, according to reports from local media and security sources on Sunday.

Following the October military takedown by an armed coalition of three ethnic minority groups, fighting has erupted throughout Shan state in northern Myanmar, near the Chinese border.

The groups have cut off the cash-strapped junta’s trade routes by seizing dozens of military positions and a town that is crucial to trade with China.