Recent major events:
1. Power outage in the Mawaddy region of Thailand
2. China and Thailand issued a joint statement to strengthen the crackdown on fraud, illegal gambling, money laundering, and other illegal crimes
3. The people of Mawaddy took to the streets to protest, claiming that the power outage has severely affected their livelihood
The truth behind:
In view of the Wang Xing incident and the various crimes in the past in Mawaddy, the Chinese people are extremely indignant towards the crime groups in Eastern Myanmar, putting pressure on the Chinese GOV, which continuously pressured Thailand. As a result, Thailand implemented a continuous power outage plan in areas such as Mawaddy, passing the buck to the Myanmar government, hoping that the Myanmar government could completely resolve the Eastern Myanmar group based on the pressure of livelihood.
Afterwards, the Prime Minister of Thailand went to Beijing, and the two countries issued a joint statement, which means that Thailand has become China's first Southeast Asian partner in combating illegal crimes, because the Chinese GOV is very clear that this move must be made:
First, Thailand can put a lot of pressure on Myanmar and can become a very high-quality negotiating agent;
Second, as the Philippines cracks down on POGO and the collapse of the Northern Myanmar group, a large number of gambling and fraud practitioners have moved to Thailand, thus a higher political exchange is needed to generate governance motivation in Thailand, to explain to the Chinese public and to soothe the public sentiment.
The inevitable result:
However, the undeniable objective fact still exists. Myanmar, as a country that is superficially unified but actually governed by different warlords, does not have the capability to manage illegal zones like Eastern Myanmar within its territory. The protectors of these zones are one warlord after another, pushing Myanmar to handle it is like forcing the Myanmar government to launch a full-scale civil war, which is difficult for the Myanmar government to threaten its own rule for the sake of certain national citizens.
Therefore, there are only two winners, the first is China, which can soothe the public sentiment in terms of public opinion, and Thailand can also get out of the recent public opinion crisis, as it has already promised China to vigorously crack down on illegal forces within its territory. The only loser is Myanmar, which is hard to have any effect on the local criminal groups in Myanmar.
This is an objective fact that needs to be recognized. Moreover, these companies in Eastern Myanmar are notorious criminals wanted in various countries, and they have nowhere to go. The double equation is hard to solve in the short term, waiting for development.
