我來到了緬北邊境，令人膽寒的電詐地獄传闻！左邊是緬甸克欽邦，右邊是中國雲南

我來到了緬北邊境，令人膽寒的電詐地獄传闻！左邊是緬甸克欽邦，右邊是中國雲南

I came to the border between northern Myanmar and China. On the left is Myanmar’s Kachin State and on the right is Tengchong in Yunnan, China. Today I will visit Houqiao Town and Houqiao Port on the China-Myanmar border . The small van I took was running from Houqiao Town, Yunnan to Ganbaidi, Myanmar last year . This bus can take you directly from Yunnan to northern Myanmar. At the end of October 2024 , the Kachin Independence Army captured Banwa, the capital of the first special zone of Kachin State. On November 20, the Kachin Independence Army captured Ganbaidi Port. All ports on the Myanmar side of the China-Myanmar border in Kachin State have been controlled by the Kachin Independence Army . Due to frequent wars, the governments on both sides strictly control the flow of people. Therefore, this passenger route from the Chinese border to northern Myanmar can no longer continue. There are few vehicles on the road and it is even harder to see pedestrians. I am panicked. After all, ordinary people hear the word “Northern Myanmar”. I was filled with fear. My trip to the northern Myanmar border was also filled with anxiety and tension. I set out from Tengchong City and took a rural minibus to Houqiao Town on the China-Myanmar border. The station had no sign and was rather simple. The administrator saw me taking pictures from various angles and asked me nervously if I was here for an inspection. I quickly replied that I was going to Houqiao Town for the market. The administrator was skeptical . Before the minibus was about to depart from the station, the administrator boarded the bus to supervise the passengers to fasten their seat belts. She was extremely careful and strict. It seemed that the administrator still suspected that I was here for a secret inspection. The rural minibus drove out of the city and the pastoral scenery began to come into view. Tengchong’s summer is so cool that the wind outside the window is just like the air vents of the air conditioner. This section of the minibus journey is from Tengchong City to Houqiao Town. I was not worried about this section of the journey because there were many people traveling with me and Houqiao Town is 20 kilometers away from the China-Myanmar border crossing. The most unsettling part of the itinerary is going from Houqiao to the border crossing. I found out online that I need to take a minivan to Ganbaidi, Myanmar . If a ruthless driver takes me directly to northern Myanmar and sells me, I can’t even imagine the consequences. I’ve been to northern Thailand ten years ago, and the topography here is very similar. If the text is changed to Thai and there are more pickup trucks on the road, I can basically pretend to be in Southeast Asia. After more than an hour’s drive, the minibus arrived at Houqiao Town. Today happened to be the market day in Houqiao Town, which only takes place every five days. There were many more stalls on both sides of the main road, and the flow of people was much greater than usual. Many store signs had earthworm-like Burmese characters, which added a mysterious atmosphere to this border town. It was almost noon. During the meal, I chose to try Tengchong’s famous Xidoufen and Dajiujia. Xidoufen is made by soaking, grinding and filtering peas to get a fine pea powder. It can be paired with various strange seasonings when eaten , so the taste is also very novel. As for Dajiujia , there is a story. It is said that in the early Qing Dynasty, Wu Sangui led the Qing army to Kunming. The Yongli Emperor of the Ming Dynasty fled to Tengchong in western Yunnan and was starving. A farmer fried bait blocks, ham, eggs, and green vegetables together for him to eat. After eating it, the Yongli Emperor praised it and said that the fried bait blocks saved my great emperor. From then on, Tengchong fried bait blocks got the nickname of Dajiujia. Dajiujia is made by cutting the bait blocks into diamond-shaped slices and adding fresh pork slices, ham slices, pickled cabbage, onions, spinach, tomatoes , pickled peppers, eggs, etc., adding a small amount of broth and simmering until soft . The female boss in charge said, “Don’t underestimate her, she is a Tengchong restaurant owner.” Having worked in the restaurant for several years, the man had already cut a lot of bait and asked me if it was enough. If not, he would give me another big piece. I quickly declined. This portion was already much larger than my usual standard. After eating, I wandered around Houqiao Town. Because it is a trade port, there are many trucks from China and Myanmar passing through . The town is quite large. The stalls on both sides sell some goods that are hard to find in big cities. Of course, there are also the popular milk tea and snack chains. Commerce is the most powerful penetrating force. It can easily penetrate the gaps in regional and ethnic cultures, making people feel the scene of world harmony. The public toilets in the town are hard to find. I happened to pass by the Houqiao Town Public Service Center during the lunch break. The door to the office area was locked, but the lobby was open, and so were the toilets. During my trip to Yunnan. More than once, I’ve spotted signs hanging on the gates of government departments saying toilets are open to the public for free. I personally admire this kind of behavior and hope the whole country will learn from Yunnan. Next, I’ll take a bus to the port. It’s not easy to get an online taxi in a small town, but I’m always a little worried about those informal minibuses. I wandered around the town twice, weighing the pros and cons. When the dark and skinny minibus driver took the initiative to solicit me again, I took a picture of his license plate number with my mobile phone and sent it to my WeChat group “Love Family” with more than 50 people , and then got in his car . The weather in Tengchong is cool , so I don’t need to close the windows, which makes me feel more secure. My plan is that if I find that the driver deviates from the navigation and takes me to a remote place, or if other accomplices try to control me , I will shout for help and get out of the car. I ran out of the window, although I also felt that it was useless to shout at the top of my lungs in such a desolate mountain. The driver, a local Han Chinese, introduced me to some local conditions. Before the Northern Myanmar War last year, he mainly ran the passenger route from Houqiao Town to Ganbaidi, Myanmar. At that time, the Sino-Myanmar border was in good order. Many Burmese people came to Yunnan to work and do business. Many Chinese bosses also went to Myanmar to grow bananas for trade. There was a lot of personnel exchanges and business was pretty good. The driver had a border resident certificate, which made it very convenient to enter and exit Myanmar. After the war in Myanmar in the second half of last year, both sides began to strictly control the flow of people. Few people took the bus, so the route from Houqiao to Ganbaidi was discontinued. Now he can only do some odd jobs. I suggested that we visit the old bridge on the Stilwell Road on the way, and the driver was very cooperative . Houqiao is the key point of the Stilwell Road leading to the Indochina Peninsula and is China’s gateway to Myitkyina. The last stop was once an important transportation hub, carrying important functions such as material transportation and personnel exchanges. As an important part of the Stilwell Road, this old bridge witnessed the history of the China-Burma-India Theater during World War II. It was an important channel for the Chinese Expeditionary Force to enter Burma to fight against Japan. In 1943, the US military built a military Bailey bridge at this location. In 1945, the Stilwell Road Steel Frame Bridge was built. In 1963, the bridge was converted into a concrete steel cable suspension bridge. There are several deserted small houses at the bridge head , as well as an introduction to the Stilwell Road and the old bridge. I guess the local government once thought of developing this place into a tourist attraction , but gave up because of poor results. The driver told me that the houses at the bridge head used to be restaurants, but they probably closed down due to too few tourists and were abandoned. Walking on the wooden planks of the bridge, there are undulating mountains on both sides. Under the bridge, there are jagged rocks and flowing water. It seems that this place not only has historical relics but also beautiful scenery. It is actually a very good tourist attraction. I hope it can attract more tourists in the future. I continue to move forward to the port and pass through the tunnel. I saw a road sign that said it is 135 kilometers away from Myitkyina, Myanmar, and only 17 kilometers away from Ganbaidi, Myanmar. It seems that northern Myanmar is almost in sight. The closer we get to the border, the fewer cars on the road there are, and there are basically no houses on both sides of the road. I also know that as long as it is within our borders My safety is probably guaranteed under the protection of border guards , and this friendly driver probably just wants to make a profit from my 80 yuan round trip fare instead of selling me like a pig to commit fraud in northern Myanmar. When I arrived at Houqiao Port, I finally felt relieved. The port was surrounded by a large circle of five-star red flags, and all the signs were in Chinese and Burmese. Due to Myanmar’s unstable political situation, the trade between the two sides has decreased a lot, and the port seemed very deserted . There were very few large trucks parked in the huge border logistics yard, and occasionally I could see a few Burmese trucks with red license plates. The shops along this street include import and export trade supermarkets, restaurants, mobile phone stores, pharmacies, etc. , but they didn’t seem to have much business. There was a sign hanging on the mobile phone store . We’re hiring Burmese workers. There should be some Burmese goods in the supermarket. A closer look reveals that most of them come from Thailand. There’s a Lisu village next to the border crossing , presumably built to rural tourism standards, with neat blue brick pavement and a gate in a distinctive ethnic style. The houses, guardrails, and greenery all have a distinct sense of design. Several households have opened homestays. There’s even a huge circular plaza in the center of the village , like a stage . Next to the plaza is a Lisu folk culture exhibition hall, but the gate is locked and closed. Looking out at the fog-shrouded mountains in the distance, the terrifying no-man’s land of northern Myanmar is just on the other side of the mountain . Let me briefly introduce you to Kachin State, Myanmar, across the way . It’s located in northern Myanmar , bordering Yunnan and Tibet in China. Myitkyina is Kachin State, with a total population of about 2 million . Kachin State, the capital of Chin State, originally belonged to the Ailao Kingdom established by the ancestors of the Shan people. Later, it was incorporated into the Ming Dynasty along with the Luchuan Kingdom and became part of the Yunnan Province of the Ming Dynasty. At the end of the Ming Dynasty , the Kachin State region annexed the Burmese Toungoo Kingdom. There are about 1 million Kachin people in Myanmar. Most of them believe in Christianity. The Jingpo people in China and the Kachin people in Myanmar are of the same origin. What people are most interested in in Myanmar’s Kachin State is the ethnic local armed force, the Kachin Independence Army. The Kachin Independence Army’s English abbreviation KIA, originally known as the Kachin People ‘s Liberation Army, is one of the largest ethnic autonomous armed forces in the Union of Myanmar. On February 5, 1961, Kachin leader Zosay Zothu and others founded the Kachin Independence Army in the Kachin mountain village near Lashio and proposed the goal of establishing the Kachin Republic. In May 1987, The Myanmar federal government army launched a large-scale encirclement and suppression campaign against it, forcing the central government to retreat to the edge of Yingjiang County, Yunnan Province, near China. On February 24, 1994, the Myanmar government and the Kachin Independence Army signed a peace agreement. The Kachin Independence Army became the 10th ethnic minority armed force to reconcile with the government. The Myanmar military government recognized its legal status and established the Kachin State Autonomous Region. Since 2010, the conflict between the Kachin Independence Army and the Myanmar government army has continued to escalate, and the two sides have held many peace talks but have never reached a substantive agreement. The Kachin Independence Army is estimated to have no more than 15,000 troops, divided into 5 brigades , with about 32,000 government staff and some reservists. Its main equipment is light weapons, some of which are legacy from the separation of the Communist Party of Burma and some are captured Burmese weapons. The main economic sources of the Myanmar government’s military equipment include jade and timber trade. The economy of Kachin State is very backward. The products exported to the outside world are mainly natural resources. Bananas, rubber, rice, black sesame, silk cocoons, broken rice and other agricultural products are exported to China through the Reza Port and Ganbaidi Port in the territory . Industrial products are completely dependent on external imports. Among them, the Ganbaidi trade base is the third largest trade base in the Myanmar-China border trade. In the fiscal year from 2022 to 2023 , foreign trade exports were US$215 million and imports were US$10 million. From this data, it can be seen that Myanmar’s Kachin State’s exports to China far exceed its imports . The income of US$200 million is not a small number. The local armed forces in Kachin State have monopolized the right to mine jade and timber, and cooperate with Chinese companies and individuals to mine jade and logs and export them to China. The main currencies in Kachin State are Myanmar currency and RMB. During the British rule of Myanmar, Kachin State began to cultivate opium . Later, the Kachin Independence Army and the Kachin New Democratic Army cultivated poppies on a large scale in the areas under their control . At its peak, the area of poppy cultivation reached more than 300,000 mu, with an annual output of opium. Nearly 400 tons. Since then,
Chinese governments at all levels have provided a lot of manpower and material assistance to help them develop alternative planting. After 1998, the two special zones basically achieved a ban on poppy cultivation. Kachin State has a very close relationship with China . The Kachin and Lisu people in Kachin State and the Jingpo and Lisu people in Nujiang, Baoshan and Dehong of Yunnan Province , China are the same ethnic group living across the border, with a common language and customs. They have frequent exchanges and the Myanmar government army and the Kachin Independence Army have held many peace talks in Ruili City, Yunnan Province. In early January 2015, the Myanmar military launched an operation to crack down on illegal loggers in order to cut off the financial resources of the Kachin Independence Army . More than 100 Chinese nationals were detained. Subsequently, the Kachin Army Headquarters launched the China-Myanmar Friendship Rescue No. 1 Special Operation 305 Chinese logging and gold panning workers trapped in the war zone broke through the Myanmar government army’s blockade and returned to China in batches after being arranged by the Kachin Army Headquarters. From June 2 to 4, 2016, Chinese Ambassador to Myanmar Hong Liang led a delegation to visit Myitkyina, Kachin State. The Kachin Independence Army in Kachin State also sought help from the United States. In April 2014, the Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Kachin Independence Army of Myanmar, Sanglugam Maung, paid an 11-day visit to the United States , but the United States did not provide any substantial assistance. From January 11 to 15, 2015, a US delegation visited Myanmar. Among them , several senior military officials, including the Deputy Commander of the Pacific Command, visited Myitkyina, the capital of Kachin State in northern Myanmar, and met with members of the General Staff of the Myanmar Armed Forces, including the Commander of the Myitkyina Military Region. In 2014, Peng Jiasheng of Kokang returned to power and formed the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA) with the help of the Kachin Independence Army. In fact, the current Kokang MNDA benefited from the support of the Kachin Independence Army in the early days. In November 2016, the Kachin Independence Army, the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (TNLA) and the Arakan Army allied to form the United Front of Northern Myanmar to fight against the government forces. After the tour of the port, it was time to start the return journey. The friendly driver seemed even more kind. Shanmu, I also completely let down my guard. Every Chinese who has been on the China-Myanmar border can feel that this border line seems to separate two worlds. On one side is endless war and hardship that has lasted for decades, and on the other side is peace, prosperity and stability. As we strive to forge ahead on the road of economic development, I don’t know when the bright future of northern Myanmar will come.

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