Myanmar refugees crowd makeshift camps across China’s border
By Cui Meng, Published: 2015-03-19 20:33:04
Chinese flags wave outside homes in Nansan county in Lincang, Yunnan Province. Many residents of the county, which borders the conflict-torn region of northern Myanmar, have hung Chinese flags outside their homes to prevent Myanmar warplanes from dropping bombs. Photo: Cui Meng/GT
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Photo: Cui Meng/GT Three children who fled from Kokang, Myanmar with their family play on a tractor in Lincang, Yunnan Province on March 18. Many Myanmar refugees have sought asylum in China after violence broke out in the Kokang capital of Laukkai. Photo: Cui Meng/GT More than 20 families take refuge in an abandoned quarry near Nansan county, Yunnan Province. Photo: Cui Meng/GT Liu Laofang (right), 49, smokes a water pipe in Lincang, Yunnan Province on March 18. His family and neighbors fled to China during the night about one month earlier. They now live in once abandoned shacks and tarpaulin tents in a quarry. Photo: Cui Meng/GT A two-year-old named Wang Xin cries outside a cooking area at the refugee shelter in Lincang, Yunnan Province on March 18. Photo: Cui Meng/GT A mother and daughter from Kokang wash clothes in Lincang, Yunnan Province on March 18. Photo: Cui Meng/GT A Kokang boy takes a bath in Lincang, Yunnan Province on March 18. Photo: Cui Meng/GT Some Kokang refugees have built primitive shelters near the homes of their Chinese relatives. Photo: Cui Meng/GT Two Kokang girls comb their hair outside shelters in Lincang, Yunnan Province on March 18. Many refugees choose to live in abandoned sheds close to relatives rather than in shelters provided by the Chinese government. Photo: Cui Meng/GT A young Kokang man checks his phone for news about the conflict in Laukkai on March 18. He fled from Laukkai to Lincang, Yunnan Province with his family, where they now live in a basic tent in an open area. Photo: Cui Meng/GT Pictured is a Kokang woman who brought her child to China after violence erupted in Kokang in February. They now live in a tarpaulin tent. Photo: Cui Meng/GT The Chinese army moves artillery into position near the Chinese-Myanmar border in Lincang, Yunnan Province on March 18. Photo: Cui Meng/GT Photo: Cui Meng/GT