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China Frontier Management Measures under the Negative Spillover Effect of#br# Northern Myanmar Ethnic Local Armed Force Conflicts

Zhou Junhua, Li Yuman   

  1. College of Public Administration, Yunnan University
  • Received:2016-11-24 Revised:2016-12-15 Online:2017-03-15 Published:2017-03-15

Abstract: Myanmar is a multi-ethnic country dominated by the majority Burman group. During over 60 years after Myanmar's
independence, ethnic issue has always been the most severe problem in the country. For a long time, the ethnic local armed conflicts in
Myanmar have not only slowed down the integration of an ethnic country but also exerted certain negative influences on its neighboring
countries' management. South-western frontier of China and northern Myanmar are linked by mountains and rivers, while northern
Myanmar is a complicated place where the local armed force of Myanmar ethnic minorities is significantly active. There exist
complicated root-causes accounting for the long time existing armed conflict state in this region. The factors like its colonial history,
geographical relationship, politics, nationality, economy, superpower politics as well as the historical inertia of lacking governmentalism
in the northern Myanmar highlands all contribute to the local armed conflict states of northern Myanmar. Local armed force conflicts in
northern Myanmar exert certain challenges on the management of Chinese frontiers. Hence it is a significant epoch research project and
task to positively deal with the local ethnic armed force conflict issues in northern Myanmar and resolve the predicaments of China's
geopolitical structure with the guidance of frontier management theory.