According to the information released by the official Weibo of the Southern Theater on the 17th, the Southern Theater organized the army and air force to carry out air defense live-fire exercises on the Chinese side of the China-Myanmar border starting on the 17th of this month. The circular pointed out that the purpose of the exercise was to test the troops' capabilities in reconnaissance and early warning, three-dimensional blockade and control, and air defense strikes. The circular stresses that the theater troops are well prepared to deal with all kinds of emergencies and resolutely and effectively safeguard state sovereignty, border stability, and the safety of the people's lives and property.
The day before the announcement of the news in the Southern Theater of Operations, some foreign media asked the spokesperson at a regular press conference to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs how he viewed the recent loss of control of the important border city of Myawaddy by the Burmese government army, and whether this meant that China would further engage with the civilian forces. Spokesperson Lin Jian made it clear that China has taken note of the relevant reports and called on all parties to cease fire and stop fighting, resolve their differences in a peaceful manner, and avoid further escalation. The reason why the Western media, which rarely mention Myanmar's domestic affairs, pay so much attention to the situation in Myanmar, especially China's views on the situation in Myanmar, stems from the special operation launched by the mainland at the end of last year to crack down on the crime of wire fraud related to China in northern Myanmar.
In order to eradicate these criminal syndicates of wire fraud entrenched outside the country, the police of China and Myanmar have carried out close cooperation and carried out a thunderous crackdown on the crime of wire fraud in northern Myanmar, not only arresting and repatriating a large number of Chinese criminals, but also uprooting the so-called "four major families of Lao Cai". But in the process, the civilian forces in northern Myanmar also took up the banner of "blackmail" and clashed with the Burmese government forces that control the area, which continues to this day. What is even more chaotic is that a small number of fish who have slipped through the net by the wire fraud syndicate have been sheltered by some civilian and local armed forces in the process of fleeing, and continue to engage in criminal activities of wire fraud.
In the face of this very rare and complicated situation, the mainland has strengthened cooperation with Myanmar in cracking down on wire fraud on the one hand, and on the other hand, has taken concrete actions to deter those external forces that are vainly trying to fish in troubled waters in the turbulent situation. It is worth mentioning that on the 2nd of this month, China's southern theater organized and carried out a live-fire exercise on the border, and the two exercises were only half a month apart, which shows that on the other side of the border in northern Myanmar, lawless people who still have luck in their hearts are stubbornly resisting, but this time our army is not only trying to show force.
Judging from the information released by the Southern Theater of Operations, the subject of this exercise involves "air defense and live ammunition", which shows that the focus of this exercise is to protect the mainland from the flames of the Burmese civil war, and it is mainly defensive in nature. Combined with the condition of "live troops and live ammunition", it means that there will be a "no-fly zone" over the border between China and Myanmar during the exercise. If some of the civilian forces that shelter the telegraphers can read this signal, there will be room for maneuver in the future, otherwise they will face further pressure from our side.
It should be pointed out that the mainland's move is not to interfere in Myanmar's internal affairs, nor does it intend to meddle in the grievances and grievances between the Burmese government army and the civilian forces. However, with the continuous expansion of the conflict between the two sides and the bottleneck in cracking down on the crime of wire fraud involving China in northern Myanmar, it is necessary for China to show its strength appropriately in order to protect its own security and interests from being violated. At the same time, we should also note that the prolongation of the conflict in northern Myanmar not only endangers the personal and property safety of the people of China and Myanmar, but also gives the United States and the West an opportunity to take advantage of the situation.
The Western world would be very happy to see the military junta in Myanmar, which is not popular with the West, be overthrown, so it cannot be ruled out that the West will engage with the civilian forces in the ongoing conflict in northern Myanmar and interfere in Myanmar's internal affairs by supporting proxies and thus affect China-Myanmar relations.