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A young Myanmar worker sits on boxes of apples at a distribution centre in Yunnan on the China-Myanmar border. (AFP)

Border trade sees tentative revival as China relaxes zero-COVID rules

Trade between the once-thriving border towns of Muse and Ruili is restarting after nearly three years, but remains restricted to a trickle of trucks, with Myanmar wary of the COVID-19 surge in China. 

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