Chinese in Shan suddenly popular
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Chinese-language posters with instructions on how to vote are causing controversy in Myanmar’s Shan State.
Lashio town, in northern Shan State where Myanmar borders China, is home to a large number of ethnic Chinese people. Some have lived there for generations.
Like elsewhere in Myanmar, a combination of historic and more recent objections to Chinese involvement in the country means not everyone welcomes their presence.