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Does China risk losing it all as it plays both sides in Myanmar’s lengthy civil war?
In a flurry of diplomatic moves in recent weeks, Beijing has stepped up engagement with incumbent and retired leaders of the junta following the military’s heavy losses in a battle near the Chinese border with a loose alliance of ethnic minority rebel …