Embattled Kachin rebels and Myanmar’s government are set to hold peace talks in China starting Monday, coordinators said, taking a step toward stopping weeks of intense fighting in one of the last and bloodiest ethnic conflicts in the country.
International pressure has been building on President Thein Sein to find a peaceful solution to the fighting, which had sharpened criticism that his quasi-civilian government was unable to rein in the long-powerful military, despite increasing international support for his liberalizing political and economic reforms aimed at rebuilding the country after decades of military dictatorship.
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Shibani Mahtani and Celine Fernandez, Wall Street Journal via CHINA US Focus http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ChinaUsFocus/~3/GB4HBcm93X8/
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