TOKYO -- China has sent observers to Myanmar to oversee a local truce it mediated, expanding Beijing's influence in the Southeast Asian country's prolonged internal conflict.
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People inspect destroyed and damaged buildings after bombardments carried out by Myanmar's military in Lashio in Myanmar's northern Shan state last September. © AFP/Jiji
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