Only one-third of the banana tissue culture farms are still in Myitkyina and Waimaw townships after many of the Chinese who invested in these farms have withdrawn in the last two years. According to a
Civilians have removed a fence erected by Chinese officials in Muse Township, claiming they built it inside of Burma and not in China. "China constructed a fence on Burmese soil, so the locals removed it,"
A Waingmaw Township court sentenced three Chinese nationals to fines of 500,000 kyat (US$329) for operating shops without official permission earlier this month. Immigration officers arrested a woman—who ran the Shang Nan car parts shop—and