Dragon in the golden triangle: Military operations of the people's liberation army in Northern Burma, 1960-1961
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2023
Abstract
Towards the end of the Chinese Civil War, contingents of Chinese Nationalist Party/Kuomintang (KMT) soldiers escaped to an area of Burma that would later be known as the Golden Triangle. They expanded into a significant armed presence. Burma, the Republic of China, the People's Republic of China, and the United States were subsequently embroiled in this decade-long KMT Issue. A joint Sino-Burmese military campaign between late 1960 and early 1961 finally ended the KMT Issue. This article, primarily based on PRC sources, reconstructs how the PRC understood, conceived, organised and evaluated this campaign.
Keywords
Golden Triangle, Tatmadaw, China-Burma Relations, Kuomintang Issue, People's Liberation Army
Divisions
china
Publication Title
COLD WAR HISTORY
Volume
23
Issue
1
Publisher
ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
Publisher Location
2-4 PARK SQUARE, MILTON PARK, ABINGDON OX14 4RN, OXON, ENGLAND