After fleeing Laukkai Town to save their lives, thousands of IDPs are now sleeping on roads outside Lashio as junta troops block them from entering the town where transport home awaits.
The isolated regime has quickly reversed course a week after junta-backed nationalists staged protests against China's perceived support for an ethnic military offensive.
Surrender of entire battalion in Konkyan Township in northern Shan State on Tuesday was the end of the line for the Myanmar military in the area bordering China, ethnic army says.
While recognized for helping to open US-China ties, the ex-secretary of state's legacy of realpolitik, which saw the US support ruthless regimes, is controversial.
Min Aung Hlaing claimed the experts had helped ethnic armed groups use "drones with advanced technology" to attack military outposts in northern Shan State.
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