Chinese authorities have detained a key suspect in human trafficking cases linked to online scam networks in Myanmar.

China detains suspect involved in kidnapping of Chinese actor trafficked to Myanmar - Wang Xing, a 31-year-old Chinese actor, travelled to Thailand early this month after receiving an unsolicited offe

While China declared last year that major telecom fraud hubs near the Myanmar border had been dismantled and tens of thousands of suspects detained, the problem persists

The latest China-brokered truce in Myanmar's civil war is likely to hold for now but lasting peace may still be a pipe dream, according to observers. Myanmar's military government and a major northeastern ethnic rebel group agreed to a ceasefire this month in the Chinese border city of Kunming - the second such pact to be signed there in just over a year.

Experts warn that China's strategy, focused on the Myanmar military, is failing to protect its own citizens while enabling criminal networks to thrive

China says it has brokered a ceasefire between Myanmar’s military government and a major ethnic rebel group in the country’s northeast.

By Larissa Liao, Kevin Krolicki and Poppy McPherson BEIJING/BANGKOK (Reuters) - The abduction and cross-border rescue had all the makings of the kind of action script struggling Chinese actor Wang Xing had hoped to land – only not as a reality star.

Police have detained a man suspected of involvement in the case of a Chinese actor who was duped into travelling to Thailand for a film job and then trafficked to Myanmar, China's Public Security Ministry said.

Myanmar's State Administration Council Chairman Min Aung Hlaing has thanked China for its firm support for his country's peaceful and stable development.

China hopes that Thailand and Myanmar will crack down on cross-border telecom fraud with strong measures and never allow criminals to go unpunished, a Chinese foreign ministry official has said.

"The military is in a state of decline; it is weak and shrinking. The military has seen a wave of desertions, defeats, low morale and loss of dignity."

China says it has brokered a ceasefire between Myanmar’s military government and a major ethnic rebel group in the country’s northeast BANGKOK -- Myanmar’s military government and a major ...