This long exposure picture taken late on October 28, shows a missile fired from a Myanmar military base in Lashio township, northern Shan State.
China called on Thursday for an immediate ceasefire in fighting in northern Myanmar, after the Myanmar military said it had lost control of a strategic northern town on the Chinese border following clashes with ethnic armed groups.
Beijing “urges all parties to immediately cease fire and stop fighting,” foreign ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin told a regular briefing, urging warring parties to resolve “differences through peaceful means using dialogue and consultation”.
Meanwhile Myanmar’s junta chief meanwhile said the military will strike back at ethnic armed groups waging an offensive in the north of the country, seizing towns and blocking trade routes to China, state media reported Friday.
Fighting has raged for a week…
