BANGKOK/YANGON -- The conflict between Myanmar's military government and resistance forces is being shaped by the competing influences of China and the U.S., creating rifts in opposition to the regime.
In September, the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA), an armed resistance group active in northern Myanmar's Shan state, declared it would not work with the National Unity Government (NUG) formed in opposition to the 2021 military takeover in Myanmar. Nor would the MNDAA advance on Mandalay, Myanmar's second-largest city, to the west, the militant group said.
