China will not give up on Myanmar's military

Fresh elections seen as best way out of stalemated conflict

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Chinese forces hold exercises near the Myanmar border in November 2023. (Screenshot from PLA Southern Theater Command WeChat channel)

Yun Sun is a senior fellow and director of the China program and co-director of the East Asia program of the Stimson Center, a Washington-based think tank.

After more than three years of post-coup turmoil, Myanmar is gridlocked in a political and military stalemate. Despite the remarkable progress ethnic armed groups and resistance forces have made against the military regime, particularly since October, they still face a difficult, if not impossible, challenge in seeking to push the military out of its urban strongholds.

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