The military junta that controls Myanmar has struggled to control all of its territory, thanks in part to China supporting rebel forces as a way of expressing its displeasure with cyber fraud centers operating from the country.
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Myanmar's military junta – known as the Tatmadaw – seized power and ousted State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi's administration from control on February 1, 2021.
According to the Brussels-based non-profit International Crisis Group (ICG), the coup was "an unwelcome shock" to Beijing, which had "invested significantly" in Aung San Suu Kyi and her administration in anticipation of help with planned infrastructure projects linking China to the Bay of Bengal .
Beijing maintained its engagement with Myanmar's new regime despite its expression of anti-China sentiment.
