Senior General Min Aung Hlaing meets with China's foreign minister Wang Yi in Nay Pyi Taw on August 14. (Myanmar Military Information Team | AFP)

Myanmar junta chief to visit China for first time since coup

Myanmar junta chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing will travel to key ally China this week, both countries said Monday, in his first known trip there since seizing power in a 2021 coup.

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