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How are they chinese backed? I'm pretty sure the PRC's relationship with Myanmar, regardless of whether the government is civil or military, has been based on non intervention, kinda has to be since they have such a long porous border.
Last I heard they were mediating negotiations between the junta and rebels groups, would be kinda weird if they started backing one side for no reason
Go look up the Wa State on youtube or bilibili. They're literally equipped with PLA equipment, speak Wa and Chinese bilingually, use the Yuan as their currency, etc. They've been finding Chinese equipment "in the forest" for a while. The PRC also did military exercises with the Myanmar gov't so the situation is more complicated. The Kokang are an ethnic Han Chinese enclave while the Wa are another ethnic minority in China who mostly live in Yunnan.
Yeah I know there are ethnic chinese fighting, and I don't know how they're getting the equipment, but I'd find it hard to believe that the PRC would be backing a militia like this, it's not really their style (or hasn't been their style for a while)