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China has dispatched fighter jets to the border with Myanmar after\u00a0a Burmese\u00a0 warplane reportedly dropped a bomb on Chinese territory, killing four civilians and injuring nine others.<\/strong><\/p>\n

China sent several warplanes to “track, monitor, warn and chase away” Myanmar military planes approaching the common border, Chinese Air force spokesman Colonel Shen Jinke said on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Shen also added that Beijing would watchfully monitor the airspace along its border with Myanmar.<\/p>\n

The Myanmar warplane dropped the bomb on a sugarcane field in China\u2019s southwestern Yunnan province on Friday.<\/p>\n

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The event happened as the Myanmar government intensified its fight against ethnic Chinese rebels in the country’s Kokang region in northeastern Shan state along China’s border.<\/p>\n

Thousands of people have recently been forced to cross the border into China due to the upsurge in violence.<\/p>\n

Myanmar officials say former Chinese military officers have trained the rebels, formally known as the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA), a claim rejected by the insurgents.<\/p>\n

Beijing, too, denies any relation with the Myanma rebels, saying it respects the country’s\u00a0sovereignty.<\/p>\n

A Chinese military commander Saturday\u00a0warned of a strong response unless Myanmar prevented warfare with the rebels from spilling into Chinese territory.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe top echelons in the Myanmar military must strictly control and restrain their forces, and there can be absolutely no repeat of such incidents,\u201d General Fan Changlong, a vice chairman of China\u2019s Central Military Commission, told the commander in chief of Myanmar\u2019s military, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, in a phone conversation.<\/p>\n

\u201cOtherwise, the Chinese military will take resolute and decisive measures to protect Chinese people\u2019s lives and property,\u201d Fan stressed.<\/p>\n

The MNDAA seeks to retake a self-administered area on the restive Myanmar-China border, which was under their control between 1989 and 2009 during the latest truce between the Myanmar government and the rebels.<\/p>\n

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