BEIJING (Reuters) - Myanmar has promised China that it will maintain stability along their long and remote shared border after unrest in August pushed thousands of refugees into the Chinese side, angering Beijing.
The former Burma's reclusive leader, General Than Shwe, made the pledge during a meeting with Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping in the country's new jungle capital of Naypyidaw over the weekend, according to China's Foreign Ministry.
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