China Closes Border With Myanmar Amid COVID-19 Surge

China on Thursday closed the last two of its 10 border crossings with Myanmar amid a recent surge in cases of COVID-19 infection, suspending cross-border trade and leaving more than 1,300 trucks stranded on the Myanmar side, sources in Myanmar said. The gates at the Muse-Wanding-Qing Xian Jiao and Wanding-Pansai border crossings closed at 1:00 p.m., a Myanmar border official named Maung Maung told RFA on July 8. "We closed both gates, and trucks have not been able to get across now for a long time," the official said. "The trucks had been moving before under a shunting system where…