China–Myanmar relations are the international relations between the People's Republic of China and Myanmar. China and Myanmar have active bilateral relations with each other. The relation is often described as a pauk-phaw relationship, based a Burmese term for kinsfolk that implicates special asymmetric obligations between the two countries.
Yanlonkyine Gate on the Myanmar-China Border in Kokang
A sub-pumping station of Sino-Myanmar pipelines in Longling County, Yunnan Province
Irawaddy River below the Myitsone Dam site at Myitkyina
Chinese Embassy in Yangon
Chinese people in Myanmar
Chinese Burmese, also Sino-Burmese or Tayoke, are Burmese citizens of Han Chinese ethnicity. They are a group of overseas Chinese born or raised in Myanmar (Burma). As of 2012, the Burmese Chinese population is estimated to be as high as 3 per cent of the country's population.
Chinese in Bhamo, 1900
Hokkien Chinese temple, Kheng Hock Keong Temple in Latha Township, Yangon
The Cantonese Chinese founded the Kwun Yam Temple in Latha Township, Yangon
Mandalay continues to be a major financial district and business networking hub for Burmese businessmen and investors of Chinese ancestry with thousands of prospering Chinese businesses.