Myanmar; China provides covert aid to the new military regime

Unregistered flights from China have been landing every night in Myanmar carrying unknown goods and personnel from China, for over a week now, despite a ban on international flights by the Myanmar military, which took over the country in a recent coup, according to a report published by an Australian think tank. The researcher says averaging five flights a night, up to three planes have been making trips to Kunming in southern China from Yangon. "Two of the planes are painted with Myanmar Airways colours and the other is unmarked. All of them are leased from private firms," writes Hutchinson….