Bullets fall into China as fighting in N Myanmar breaks out

For more: Fresh conflict broke out between government forces and ethnic armed groups in northern #Myanmar on Friday, with bullets falling across the border into #China, according to a China Media Group (CMG) reporter. Intense fighting between the government forces and the Kachin Independence Army (#KIA) and several other ethnic armed groups started at around 12:30 p.m. in the northern part of Shan State, CMG’s Wang Yuezhou reported, adding that the government forces used heavy artillery to launch assaults.