滇缅往事Tales of Yunnan and Burma

Burma is one of Yunnan's neighbours. This session will share and discuss the historical interactions between Burma and Yunnan. What comes to mind when you think of Burma? Have you heard of the Savage Mountains? Have you seen My Chief and My Regiment and other stories of the Chinese Expeditionary Force? - How did the Taungoo dynasty take control of Burma? What did it do in the international relations of the Ming–Qing transition? - How did Britain occupy Burma? What territorial disputes did China and Britain have in the Yunnan–Burma region? Why did China give up its claim to Jiangxinpo (the Hukawng Valley)? - Have you heard of the Chinese Expeditionary Force and "the Hump"? What catastrophes did this region go through in the Second World War? - Why is telecom fraud now so rampant in Burma?