Amid border conflict with Myanmar and a trade war with the US, Beijing’s heavy rare earth restrictions are having a global ...

Monsoon floods in a rebel-held Myanmar town on the country's mountainous border with China have killed six people, a spokesman for the armed group controlling the area.

No matter how legitimate their struggle against the junta, we need greater scrutiny of how ethnic armed groups administer the territories they conquer, says David Scott Mathieson.