After slowing exports at the border in a bid to pressure anti-junta ethnic armed groups in the border areas to negotiate with the military, China has begun to allow limited trade through one gate in the border town of Muse, northern Shan State

Chinese authorities lifted bans on transporting trade goods through one of three crossing points in Muse, northern Shan State on Monday, while enforcing stricter embargoes at the other two crossings, according to haulers and traders involved in border commerce.