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Myanmar jade traders caught between the military junta and anti-coup dissidents | South China Morning Post

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Myanmar is the world’s biggest source of jade, exporting more than US$420 million worth of the gemstone mineral between October 2019 to May 2020. The nation’s jade industry has long supported the financing of the military, which seized power on February 1, 2021, after staging a coup and detaining pro-democracy leade…

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