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Reuters

Laura Zhou

Myanmar expressed “deep sorrow” today over the deaths of five Chinese people for which it has been blamed across the border in Yunnan province.
It said it was now jointly investigating the incident with Beijing officials.
China has said five people were killed and eight others wounded after a bomb fell from a Myanmese aircraft on a sugarcane field in Gengma county, in Yunnan last Friday.
Initial reports at the weekend said four people were killed by the bomb, but another person injured in the blast later died.
Chinese PLA air force fighter jets were sent to "track, monitor, warn and chase away" Myanmar military planes close to the border after Friday’s bombing, spokesman Colonel Shen Jinke, a spokesman, was quoted by Xinhua as saying on Saturday.
Fan Changlong, vice chairman of the Central Military Commission told Min Aung Hlaing, commander-in-chief of Myanmar's armed forces, that China’s military would take “decisive” measures if there was a repeat attack by Myanmar forces on its territory.
Beijing also summoned the Myanmar ambassador to register a protest.
Myanmar has said the bomb may have been thrown by rebels that it is fighting in the Kokang region bordering China.
“We would like to express our deep sorrow for [the] death and injuries of Chinese nationals living in border areas as a consequence,” the government said in a statement, published in the state-backed Global New Light of Myanmar newspaper.
It added that the two countries’ foreign and defence ministries were in direct contact over an investigation into the incident.
“[A] thorough investigation will also be made [to find out] whether the Kokang insurgent group is involved in this incident to have a negative impact on the friendship between Myanmar and China and to create instability along the border area.”
In China, too, efforts have been being made to rein in tensions.

The Global Times, an influential tabloid published by the official People’s Daily, said in an editorial that the best way for China to ensure stability along its border was to actively push for peace in northern Myanmar.
“If [we] can help Myanmar to effect ethnic reconciliation and lasting peace, that will have the most thorough positive effect.
“In reality, this ought to be the long-term direction of China’s developing diplomatic power.”
Photos circulating on mainland’s social media captured the images of fighter jets patrolling over the border area of Gengma county in Lincang, Yunnan province on Sunday afternoon.
Other photos show fighter jets, reported J-11 aircraft of the People’s Liberation Army air force, stationed at Lincang airport.
A number of Chinese military trucks have also been photographed waiting on roads in the area.  
Myanmar has said Chinese mercenaries were fighting with the rebels, and it has urged China to cooperate to prevent “terrorist attacks” being launched from Chinese territory.
China has denied that any attacks into Myanmar have been launched from its territory.
The rebels are from a group called the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA), which is led by ethnic Chinese commander Peng Jiasheng.
The MNDAA was formed from remnants of the Communist Party of Burma, a powerful China-backed guerrilla force that battled the Myanmar government until it splintered in 1989.
The group struck a truce with the government, which lasted until 2009, when government troops took over their region in a conflict that pushed tens of thousands of refugees into Yunnan.
China and Myanmar share a 2,000 km border, much of it remote and hard to access.


Beijing moves to cool tensions as Myanmar expresses sorrow at death of 5 Chinese villagers 

A photograph, published on Chinese social media, reportedly showing J-11 fighter jets of the People’s Liberation Army air force, stationed at Lincang airport, on the border with Myanmar. Photo: SCMP Pictures

Two photographs above and below, published on Chinese social media, of fighter jets patrolling the border area of Gengma county in Lincang, Yunnan province, on Sunday afternoon. Photo: SCMP Pictures

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China says five people were killed and eight others wounded after a bomb fell from a Myanmese aircraft on a sugarcane field in Yunnan last Friday


Beijing moves to cool tensions as Myanmar expresses sorrow at death of 5 Chinese villagers

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China says five people were killed and eight others wounded after a bomb fell from a Myanmese aircraft on a sugarcane field in Yunnan last Friday