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Burmese Locals Stage Protest Against Chinese-Backed Dam Project

Burmese Locals Stage Protest Against Chinese-Backed Dam Project
People from Kachin State take part in a protest against the Myitsone dam project in Waingmaw, near the Myitkyina capital of Kachin State, on April 22, 2019. Zau Ring Hpra/AFP/Getty Images
Frank Fang
Frank Fang
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In Burma (also known as Myanmar), thousands of locals turned out for a protest against the construction of a Chinese-backed dam, just days before the country’s top leader is set to visit Beijing.

More than 8,000 residents of Waingmaw, a town in northern Burma’s Kachin State that borders China’s Yunnan Province, took to the streets to demand that construction of the Myitsone dam be put on hold, according to an April 22 report by Radio Free Asia (RFA).
Frank Fang
Frank Fang
journalist
Frank Fang is a Taiwan-based journalist. He covers U.S., China, and Taiwan news. He holds a master's degree in materials science from Tsinghua University in Taiwan.
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