Last week, a number of Chinese-owned factories were set on fire in Yangon, sparking fears that the Burmese population is xenophobic. Kyaw Win, founder of the London-based Burma Human Rights Network (BHRN), said the protesters wanted democracy and freedom, and “there is no Chinese exclusion. He also accused the military government of orchestrating the firebombing of the factory.
Kyaw Win added, “A lot of people who participated in the protest and were shot by the junta were ethnic Chinese Burmese who sacrificed their lives, and they were our brothers and sisters.”
Family and friends held a funeral for a 17-year-old Chinese man who was shot and killed during a protest on March 16. (STR/AFP via Getty Images)
A Chinese mother rages against the Chinese Communist Party and grieves at her son’s funeral on March 16. (STR/AFP via Getty Images)
On March 14, Lin Yaozong, a 17-year-old Chinese-American medical student, was shot and killed by police during a demonstration in Yangon. His mother cried out for democracy and freedom in the video, angrily denouncing the Chinese Communist government’s inaction on the coup in Burma and its disregard for the plight of Chinese in the country.
She shouted at the Chinese Communist government, “I am Chinese, but I don’t love this Chinese government!” It caused a hot debate on the Internet.
The son of a Chinese family in Burma was shot and killed by the military at the age of seventeen during a demonstration against the junta’s coup.
The child’s father was already elderly and the mother lambasted the Chinese Communist Party, saying, “I am Chinese myself, but I don’t love China and want to pursue democracy and freedom.”
What she did not love was of course the Chinese Communist Party. Who does not love their motherland? But who can love an evil regime like the CCP?
Overseas Chinese continue to work hard to overthrow the evil Communist Party and achieve democracy. pic.twitter.com/lk2sk75WiB
-Lin Caijun Michael’s new number (@Michael90656953) March17,2021
Since the coup in Burma, the Chinese Communist Party has not only failed to condemn the military, but has also tried to prevent the UN from imposing sanctions on the Burmese military and has secretly helped the military government implement the crackdown. Since February, Burmese people have continued to protest in front of the Chinese Embassy in Burma, denouncing the CCP as shameless!
Kyaw Win alleges that “this firebombing of a Chinese-owned factory is basically a self-directed act by the military government. They released thousands of people from prison in mid-February, and some black-clad men were filmed setting fires in Chinese-owned factories, and it was Burmese protesters who went to help put out the fires, which the military then planted, arrested and shot, and then declared martial law. Who has the most to gain by running to the industrial area of Dalaiya in particular and burning the factory to do so?”
Kyaw Win’s claim cannot be confirmed at this Time, but CNN reported in February that the Burmese military government released more than 20,000 criminal prisoners from detention after the coup.
An ethnic Chinese who asked to remain anonymous agreed with Kyaw Win, saying, “Chinese companies in Burma that have factories there hire security guards. What kind of relationship do they have with the military? Where were these security guards when the Chinese factories were burned? It’s a big question of whether the military government is condoning it, not to mention the fact that no one is talking to the police.”
Gregory Poling, a senior fellow in the Southeast Asia program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a Washington think tank, said the Chinese Communist Party has too many economic interests in Burma, and that “the unstable situation in Burma is not good for China (the Communist Party).”
Protesters set up temporary roadblocks and confront the military in Yangon on March 16. (STR/AFP via Getty Images)
Protesters are on alert in Yangon on March 16. (STR/AFP via Getty Images)
Protesters make their own launchers to confront the military in Yangon on March 16. (STR/AFP via Getty Images)
An injured protester is carried away by his companions in Yangon on March 17. (STR/AFP via Getty Images)
Bolling believes the unrest in Myanmar is likely to turn into a year-long crisis, with neither the military nor the protesters showing any signs of compromise.
The young Burmese who are taking to the streets now don’t even remember much about the ‘Saffron Movement’ of 2007. They are a generation that grew up with free access to the Internet and Facebook, much like the pro-democracy movement in Hong Kong, which has been de-staged and decentered. “
Military police gather behind a burning barricade on March 17. (STR/AFP via Getty Images)
Protesters face off with the military in Yangon on March 16. (Stringer/Getty Images)
Protesters set up a barricade at a bridge on March 16. (Stringer/Getty Images)
Young protesters experiment with the effectiveness of a large slingshot on March 17. (STR/AFP via Getty Images)
Protesters take shelter behind homemade shields in Yangon on March 16. (STR/AFP via Getty Images)
Protesters take shelter behind homemade shields in Yangon on March 16. (STR/AFP via Getty Images)
Protesters face off with the military in Yangon on March 16. (STR/AFP via Getty Images)
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