TO GO WITH Myanmar-China-economy-conflict FOCUS by Hla-Hla HTAY and Richard SARGENT
TOPSHOT - In this picture taken on January 13, 2019, children attend a class in a monastery-turned-temporary shelter for internally displaced people (IDP) in Hsipaw, Shan State. - Swathes of Shan state -- like many of the country's restive borderlands -- have been embroiled in conflict for decades with a fiendishly complex web of ethnic armed groups fighting the military for land, resources and autonomy. (Photo by Ye Aung THU / AFP) / TO GO WITH Myanmar-China-economy-conflict FOCUS by Hla-Hla HTAY and Richard SARGENT