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710 CHINA/775 MYANMARMID#605
Dispute Number: 605
Date(s): July 18, 1956 to December 12, 1956
Participants: 710 China/775 Myanmar
Outcome (and Settlement): Compromise (Negotiated)
Fatalities: 1–25 deaths
Narrative: Burma claimed the territory west of the 1941 Line also called the Iselin
Line, (which was negotiated by the British before they left Burma), the N’Mai
Kha-salween watershed to the northeast, and the McMahon Line to the north.
China claimed the three Kachin villages of Hpimaw, Kangfang, and Gawlum in Wa
State and the Namwan Assigned Tract. Despite talks between China and Burma
in 1954, these claims remained unresolved. On July 18, 1956, Burma announced
that Chinese troops had established outposts in Wa, Burma. A few weeks later the
Burmese prime minister stated that 600 Chinese troops were on Burmese terri-
tory. On September 4, the Burmese prime minister said that his government was
in negotiations with the Chinese, and on October 2, he announced that the Chinese
agreed to the border they negotiated with the British in 1941. Both states released
a joint statement on November 9 that Chinese troops would withdraw to the 1941
line before the end of the year and Burmese troops would withdraw from Hpimaw,
Gawlum, and Kangfang. On December 12, 1956, the last of the Chinese troops
withdrew.
Coding changes: Start Date changed from July 30, 1956. Fatalities changed from
Missing.
MID#1708
Dispute Number: 1708
Date(s): May 21, 1959 to September 7, 1959
Participants: 710 China/775 Myanmar
Outcome (and Settlement): Unclear (None)
Fatalities: None
Narrative: There were multiple incursions by the Chinese army into Burma to hunt
for Chinese refugees. In two instances, Kachin tribesmen were attacked.
Coding changes: Fatalities changed from Missing.
MID#352
Dispute Number: 352
Date(s): January 1, 1969 to November 7, 1969
Participants: 710 China/775 Myanmar