A source in the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) told DVB that the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA) asked KIA forces to relocate from checkpoints in northern Shan State to a distance of five miles (8 km) from the Lashio–Muse road so that the MNDAA can control the entire 108-mile (174 km) Myanmar-China trade route. […] The post Vital Myanmar-China trade route under ethnic Kokang Chinese MNDAA control? appeared first on DVB .