14/ That brings our look at the #geoweirdness of mainland Southeast Asia 🇲🇲🇱🇦🇰🇭 to a close! What have we missed?

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14/ That brings our look at the #geoweirdness of mainland Southeast Asia 🇲🇲🇱🇦🇰🇭 to a close! What have we missed?

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In practice Wa State operates like a small Chinese-influenced country, using the Chinese yuan and Mandarin, the central Myanmar 🇲🇲 government has little to no control here.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wa_State

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In practice Wa State operates like a small Chinese-influenced country, using the Chinese yuan and Mandarin, the central Myanmar 🇲🇲 government has little to no control here.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wa_State

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myanmar_units_of_measurement

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myanmar_units_of_measurement

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Their strategic location has led to decades of rumors and reports of China 🇨🇳 building a signals intelligence facility there, creating diplomatic friction.

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Their strategic location has led to decades of rumors and reports of China 🇨🇳 building a signals intelligence facility there, creating diplomatic friction.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnicity_in_Myanmar

Unlike Laos 🇱🇦 and Cambodia 🇰🇭, Myanmar was under British 🇬🇧 colonial rule.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_rule_in_Burma

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnicity_in_Myanmar

Unlike Laos 🇱🇦 and Cambodia 🇰🇭, Myanmar was under British 🇬🇧 colonial rule.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_rule_in_Burma

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambodian%E2%80%93Thai_border_dispute

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambodian%E2%80%93Thai_border_dispute

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This is rooted in history, with the 🇫🇷 French-drawn Brévié Line of 1939 being an administrative boundary that was never formally ratified by either nation after independence, leading to an ongoing maritime dispute.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ph%C3%BA_Qu%E1%BB%91c

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Part of the extended river system is the Tonle Sap lake. This unique lake expands and contracts dramatically with the seasons, growing from about 2,700 in the dry season to over 16,000 km² in the wet season.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tonle_Sap

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In the late-80s Laos fought with neighbor Thailand 🇹🇭 over rival claims to forest resources.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laos%E2%80%93Thailand_relations

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The river here widens dramatically and then splits to create thousands of small and large islands. It's a perfect example of a liquid border creating a unique and complex landscape.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Si_Phan_Don

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The Golden Triangle Special Economic Zone, on the Mekong where Laos, Thailand, and Myanmar meet, is a Chinese-run casino zone on a long-term lease. It largely runs on Beijing time and Chinese yuan.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Triangle_Special_Economic_Zone

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🇹🇭 Thailand’s northeastern Isan region is home to roughly 20 million people of Lao heritage, several times the ethnic Lao population of Laos itself.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lao_people

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