Myanmar and China  The Kachin dilemma  Over the border, the
Kachin conflict causes headaches for China  See article
Readers' comments     CIA has funded the KIA and used it to
undermine the myanmar junta regime for quite some time. recently
CIA thinks it has successfully pulled the junta away from China,
so it has decided to abandon the former "freedom fighters" (are
they terrorists now?) the junta has launched full scale attack
on the KIA, the plight of the kachin people hasn't got much
attention from the free world.   What a dilemma, the Burmese
government will not help because they consider the Kachins as
rebels; the Chinese cannot help (at least not explicitly)
because they want to be on good terms with Myanmar for their
vested interests; the international community cannot help
because both governments are barring their way; and the Kachin
cannot help themselves because they have their resources focused
on fighting a full blown war for independence. I wonder what
Aung San Suu Kyi's take on this is. I am