Two Chinese mine workers abducted in Myanmar
Yangon (AFP) May 19, 2014 - Activists have kidnapped two Chinese workers at a China-backed copper mine in Myanmar and are threatening to harm them, their firm said Monday, in the latest eruption of tensions over the controversial project. China's Wanbao, which operates the Letpadaung mine in the northwestern town of Monywa, said the activists holding the two 23-year-old contractors were demanding the "total halting" of ... more

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