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Under Pressure From China, Myanmar Rebels Cede Hard-Won Territory
Beijing has intervened significantly in Myanmar’s civil war to protect its substantial investments in the country, handing a ...
The Irrawaddy6d
Has the Revolutionary Spirit Gone? Shan Armed Forces in Crisis as Public Doubts Grow
On May 21, 1958, 31 young Shan rebels launched an armed struggle under the rallying cry: “Shan people, Shan State, fight ...
Myanmar Now21h
Chinese ventures crop up in northern Shan State town under Kokang administration
The influx of Chinese entrepreneurs—including some leasing or buying farmland and homes left behind by the displaced—has ...
Wyoming News1mon
Flowers in their hair: Shan boys ordained into Buddhist monkhood
The Buddhist celebration is unique to the Shan people of northeastern Myanmar, hundreds of thousands of whom have moved to Thailand during their country's decades of dictatorship and turmoil.
The Taipei Times1mon
Shan boys celebrate Buddhist ordination
The Buddhist celebration is unique to the Shan people of northeastern Myanmar, hundreds of thousands of whom have moved to Thailand during their country’s decades of dictatorship and turmoil. Monks ...
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Photos of vivid Buddhist celebration in Thailand that’s a rite of passage for Shan boys
The Poy Sang Long celebration is a vibrant three-day ritual before boys of Myanmar's Shan people enter monastic life for up to one month Dressed in flowers, finery and make-up, scores of boys were ...