Ever since the declaration of the Manifesto of PLA, the armed wing of Communist Party of Burma (CPB) has been building strength to take part in the collective effort to overthrow the illegal junta government.
The whole affair is very complicated and we have many actors at play; both domestically and internationally. If interested you can read the whole lead up to the coup PLUS the detailed history of my country Burma/Myanmar in this article I wrote here. (And regarding the name confusion of Burma and Myanmar, you can read my clarification here.)
I will write more about what had unfolded in the meantime (such as both China + India + ASEAN and the West (surprisingly) both not wanting the conflict to escalate into a war in Burma), this short post is about the current status of PLA right now and its historic role (which was covered in-depth in the article linked above). I also want to apologize for not being active and updating about the situation in my country for the last several months due to being occupied with life and work.
PLA was always the armed wing of CPB (yes the name is the same with Chinese one) and they used to be very strong back in the days, having a stronghold in Central Burma during the 50s and early 60s. But sadly, due to ultra-left deviation within the party that resulted in mismanagement plus Ne Win receiving assistance from USA on tactics to outwit the CPB forces, the stronghold fell and the party retreated to the outpost in Northeast that later became the new (though lesser) stronghold.
CPB enjoyed success in the 70s (also in thanks to support from PRC) and managed to control a sizable land which was called Liberated Area. But great days didn't last for long as China slowly withdrew their support due to change in foreign policy (they did warned CPB early on) and the complacency of CPB during that period would become their undoing.
Through their time in the Northeast, main forces of the PLA was made up of Wa and Kokang ethnic people. And when the hard times came, the party g
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