On March 13, a bomb fell on a sugarcane field in China’s Yunnan province, just across the border from Myanmar. The explosion killed five Chinese villagersand injured eight others. Beijing immediately blamed the Myanmar Air Force for the bombing and promised China’s own military would take “resolute action” to defend its citizens from harm. Myanmar’s government has been fighting Kokang rebels in the northeast since February 2015.
On April 2, Myanmar’s foreign minister, U Wunna Maung Lwin, officially apologized for the bombing, “On behalf of the Myanmar government and military, I officially apologize to China and express my deep sympathy to the families of the victims and the injured,” he told his Chinese counterpart, Wang Yi.
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