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Based on 10 verified sources covering Myanmar, Thailand:

TAIPEI -- Indications have emerged that China, in one form or another, may have supported the ship-to-ship smuggling of oil to North Korea in October, in violation of United Nations sanctions. [2]

The Chinese Embassy in Myanmar on Tuesday urged Chinese nationals in Lashio and other conflict-hit areas in northern Shan State to move to safer places as soon as possible. [3]

TOKYO -- A Chinese Communist Party newspaper in Jilin, a northeastern province on the border with North Korea, has published a full-page instructional package warning residents to prepare for a possible nuclear strike. [4]

PATTAYA, Thailand – The Chinese Embassy in Thailand has issued an urgent warning to its citizens to beware of “overly cheap” tour p [5]

The economy has been slowing in Wa and Mongla in Myanmar’s Shan State after Chinese nationals there were ordered by Beijing to return to their home country, local residents said. [6]

Sources
[1] MM eng.mizzima.com · 2023-11-23 · 100% match

MNDAA advises Chinese citizens in Lukkai, Shan State to return to China

[2] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2018-01-06 · 100% match

Chinese citizen reportedly behind North Korean oil smuggling

TAIPEI -- Indications have emerged that China, in one form or another, may have supported the ship-to-ship smuggling of oil to North Korea in October, in violation of United Nations sanctions.

[3] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2024-08-08 · 100% match

Chinese Embassy Urges Its Citizens in Myanmar’s N. Shan to Leave Conflict Zones

The Chinese Embassy in Myanmar on Tuesday urged Chinese nationals in Lashio and other conflict-hit areas in northern Shan State to move to safer places as soon as possible.

[4] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2017-12-18 · 100% match

Why Chinese province is warning citizens of nuclear war

TOKYO -- A Chinese Communist Party newspaper in Jilin, a northeastern province on the border with North Korea, has published a full-page instructional package warning residents to prepare for a possible nuclear strike.

[5] TH www.pattayamail.com · 2025-10-16 · 100% match

Chinese Embassy warns citizens against ‘Cheap Tours’ in Thailand after viral video scandal

PATTAYA, Thailand – The Chinese Embassy in Thailand has issued an urgent warning to its citizens to beware of “overly cheap” tour p

[6] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2021-08-17 · 100% match

Myanmar’s Wa, Mongla Fall on Hard Times Amid Chinese Exodus

The economy has been slowing in Wa and Mongla in Myanmar’s Shan State after Chinese nationals there were ordered by Beijing to return to their home country, local residents said.

[7] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2025-02-11 · 100% match

Myanmar Junta Hails Scam Center Arrests

Myanmar’s regime says it continues to clamp down on scam operations in Mongyai Township, northern Shan State, arresting 107 alleged scammers in a week.

[8] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2021-09-01 · 100% match

Cyber slavery: inside Cambodia's online scam gangs

PHNOM PENH -- The first punch lands on the left side of the young man's face, the second on the right. Several more follow. Knees strike his stomach. He cannot defend himself, his hands are cuffed.

[9] TH www.pattayamail.com · 2025-10-30 · 100% match

Police storm Chiang Mai villa to smash major Chinese call center scam targeting their own citizens

CHIANG MAI, Thailand – Provincial Police Region 5 conducted a major raid on a Chinese-run call center operating out of a luxury ri

[10] MM eng.mizzima.com · 2025-02-08 · 100% match

Chinese New Year Goes Under Shadow of Surveillance and Economic Gloom

Sun Lee As China ushers in the Year of the Snake, the traditional joy of the Lunar New Year celebrations has been strangled by a suffocating combination of state surveillance and economic malaise.

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