Lashio

Myanmar

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Lashio is a city in eastern Myanmar. It is historically significant as the Burmese terminus of the Burma Road, a vital supply route connecting to Kunming, China, especially during the Sino-Japanese War. The city was occupied by the Japanese in 1942, which closed the road at its source. Lashio is also associated with the Lashi people, who are of Tibeto-Burman affiliation and inhabit the frontier region between northern Yunnan, China, and Myanmar.123

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Burma Road
Lashio, in eastern Burma (now Myanmar), with Kunming, in Yunnan province, China, a distance of 1,154 km (717 miles). The Chinese began construction of the road after the outbreak of the Sino-Japanese War in 1937 and the occupation of the seacoast of China by the…
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Lashio, in eastern Burma (now Myanmar), with Kunming, in Yunnan province, China, a distance of 1,154 km (717 miles). The Chinese began construction of the road after the outbreak of the Sino-Japanese War in 1937 and the occupation of the seacoast of China by the…
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