Within hours of military ousting democratically elected government in February, junta sought to control access to information, cutting internet and blocking social media sites
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Photo: Military officers wearing facemasks who serve as members of Myanmar's parliament leave after a session at the Assembly of the Union (Pyidaungsu Hluttaw) in Naypyidaw on March 10, 2020. AFP/Ye Aung Thu
The generals know well that China has the means and the will to intervene on behalf of its substantial interests in Myanmar not to mention a long history of doing so.