The fate of actor Wang Xing prompted outrage in China after he disappeared and had to be saved from a Myanmar scam center. But Beijing may have ulterior motives for its anti-scamming crackdown.

Russia is one of only two major states to embrace the junta government amid the ongoing Myanmar civil war. The other, China, is watching warily.

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