The wily ways of a Myanmar-China border town

Mongabay
Oct 30, 2017, 6:46 pm141 pts
BHAMO, Myanmar – Bhamo is a small, busy town set on the bank of the Irrawaddy River in Myanmar’s Kachin state. Its location – at the juncture between the river and China – has made it an essential stop for Myanmar’s bustling illegal charcoal trade, one more commodity to transit through the town. In…

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