China orders citizens engaged in illegal activities in Myanmar to come home to face the music – but Covid-19 controls leave them stuck in limbo

More than 10,000 Chinese nationals who entered Myanmar illegally are now stuck in the country due to Covid-19 controls as the authorities warn their border defences are facing unprecedented pressures.The Covid-19 command centre in Ruili, a city on the border between Yunnan and Myanmar, wrote on an online message board run by People’s Daily, the Communist Party’s mouthpiece, that an unstable political situation, a worsening epidemic in Myanmar and threats to remove emigrants’ residency rights…

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