Myitri-Kachin State is bordered by Yunnan and Tibet to the east and north, and Assam in India to the northwest. Most of it is mountainous, especially on the east and north sides. There are many mountain ranges such as Kumen Ridge running north and south, and the upper source of the Irrawaddy River and the Qindun River are all in the territory. Rainfall is abundant. Most of the inhabitants are engaged in agriculture. Rice, vegetables, cotton, tobacco and sugar cane are grown, among others. Many forests, teak, and many bamboo forests. There are many kinds of minerals such as precious and secondary gems, and there are amber jade mines in the west. There are industries such as rice milling, sugar refining, and wood processing.

Nankan in Kachin State and Ruili in China's Yunnan Province can trade and travel freely without a visa.

Myanmar's highest peak, Khagabo Peak, and the largest lake, Indoki Lake, are both within its borders, and the Hugong Plain in the Deneka River Basin and the Grape Plain in the Myli Khai River Basin are important plains that provide an important area for the Kachin people's livelihood.

Myitkyina, the capital of Kachin State, is located 919 miles from Yangon and 487 miles from Mandalay.

Myitkyina is located on the banks of the Irrawaddy River, downstream of the confluence of the two branches of the Irrawaddy River, the eastern branch of the Nmekai River and the western branch of the Mailikai River.

Myitkyina is the northernmost river port and terminus of a railway line in Myanmar. It is made up of Kachin, Shan and Burmese. Fragrant rice, which is produced near Myitkyina, is considered to be the most haode fragrant rice in Myanmar.

Myitkyina is an important source of jadeite, and Myitkyina is also famous for its fruits, including pineapple, watermelon, lychee and milk fruit.

In the Second Shijie War, the Kuomintang forces and the Merrell Commando of the Northern Theater Command fought a long siege and fierce battle against a part of the 33rd Army of the Japanese Kingdom, and finally, Myitkyina was conquered by the Allied forces led by General Stilwell, known as the Myitkyina Victory.

Myitkyina is strategically important, not only because of its connections to other parts of Myanmar by rail and waterway, but also because of the Lido Highway built in Jihua, later renamed the Stilwell Highway. The city is only open to foreigners with special permission. It is the center of trade on the Stilwell Highway and the terminus of the Yangon-Myitkyina Railway, which leads to the Tibetan region of the Chinese Kingdom.

The main ethnic groups in Kachin State are Kachin, Burmese, Nu, Susu, and Han Chinese. The main beliefs of the Kachin people are Buddhism and Christianity. The Jingpo and Kachin ethnic minorities in China are the same ethnic group. Men prefer to wear black cardigans with a cloth or shorts and a knife underneath, while women generally wear black blouses and floral aprons.

After the independence of Myanmar in 1948, according to the resolution of the "Panglong Conference" in 1947, the Burmese government officially divided the two districts of Myitkyina and Bhamo to establish Kachin State, with the state capital in Myitkyina. The state day is celebrated on January 10 every year.

Since the 18th century, the northern part of Kachin State has been the territory of the Huaxia State, including the Jiangxinpo area, the Kandi area, and the Hukang area, but in the 1960s, the People's Republic of China renounced its sovereignty over the area, so it was designated as the territory of Kachin State. With the emergence of the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) and the Kachin Independence Organization (KIA) in 1962, the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) was able to effectively control Kachin State, except for major towns and along the railway, and its foreign trade was mainly the smuggling of jade and drugs to mainland China.

The 1994 peace agreement with the Government of Myanmar allowed the Kachin Independence Organization (KIO) to take control of Kachin State, but a small number of KIA and Kachin Independence Organization members remain dissatisfied, so the current political situation in Kachin State remains unstable.

Bhamo is also the political and economic center and transportation hub of northern Myanmar, and is a major town in Kachin State. It is located on the right bank of the confluence of the Irrawaddy River and the Taiping River, and is 99 kilometers away from Zhangfeng Town, Longchuan County, Huaxia Province. The Bamo waterway runs south to Mandalay, and reaches Myitkyina, Mong Gong and Kamai in the north; The highway can reach Pianma in Nujiang Prefecture and Sunbrabeng, the northernmost part of Myanmar.

The Irrawaddy River near Bhamo is about 800 meters wide and navigable all year round, with a population of about 70,000.

Grape Town, a basin, is the northernmost town in northern Myanmar. It is about 56 kilometers long from north to south and 10 to 15 kilometers wide from east to west. In addition to the simple road to Myitkyina, there are transport roads and trails to the east, north to Fugong and Gongshan in Nujiang Prefecture of the Chinese State and Chayu in Tibet, and northwest to the Assam region of India, with a population of nearly 50,000.

Mong Kong, a valley, is a transportation hub in northern Myanmar, about 65 kilometers long and 5 to 18 kilometers wide. Mon Kung is about 60 kilometers long from the Myitkyina Railway and has roads to Gamai and Laban. The Mong Kung area is the main production area of jade in Myanmar.

The Monyang Valley, about 140 kilometers long and 6-12 kilometers wide, is the railway from Myitkyina to Mandalay. The northeast of Mengyang is flat, mostly rice fields and sugarcane fields, and the southwest is mostly hilly land, and the surrounding area is covered by teak forests. It has a population of more than 60,000 people.

Myitkyina Airport, Bhamo Airport, and Grape Airport are the main hubs of Kachin State's connection with the outside world, and if you don't want to be shot and killed, taking a plane is the safest option.

In terms of land transportation, Kachin State mainly relies on the Yunnan-Burma Highway and the China-India Highway, and the railway mainly relies on the Manmi Railway (the railway from Mandalay to Myitkyina)

Due to the mountains and mountains, the mountains and valleys of Kachin State are innumerable, so the land transportation is extremely inconvenient, and the transportation mainly depends on mules and horses.

There is only one railway, from Mandalay to Myitkyina, the capital of the state, which is 542 kilometers long and takes 20 hours.

Myitkyina is 1,784 kilometres from Yangon by railway, and 356 kilometres of road from Myitkyina north to Grapes.

The road from Myitkyina to Bhamo is 187 km long, 325 km to Mujie in northern Shan State, and 295 km to Nam Kham.

The total length of the road from Myitkyina to Yangon is 1,476 km.

The highway from Myitkyina to India is 458 kilometers long, is an important international highway from Myanmar to India, which was completed in January 1945, that is, a section of the Burma-India Highway and the China-India Highway, of which a section from Myitkyina to Kamai is nearly 200 kilometers, which can be opened to traffic all year round, and the rest of the road can barely pass jeeps in the dry season.

The main navigable river for inland shipping is the Irrawaddy River, which runs from Myitkyina to Bhamo with a total length of 169 kilometers and a river width of 400 to 800 meters.

From Bamo to Mandalay, it is 510 kilometers long, the river is 800 to 1,500 meters wide, and can be navigated by ships of less than 400 tons throughout the year.

Myitkyina Airport is an important airport for both military and civilian use in northern Myanmar, with asphalt runways, communication and navigation equipment, and night flight equipment. There are also airports in Ba Mo and Grape, and flights from Yangon normally operate twice a week.

Kachin State is relatively backward in industry, with only a few rice mills, sawmills, sugar factories and cigarette factories.

In the mid-sixties, a number of large industrial enterprises were nationalized. The two state-owned sugar cane factories in Kachin State, Nammudi and Shamo, produce an average of 600 to 700 tonnes of sugar per year. There are several small power plants with a total capacity of 3.04 million kWh, and 15 townships and 15 village groups across the state are already using electric lighting. In Myitkyina, Bhamo and other cities, commerce began to develop.

The main source of the economy in Kachin State is agriculture, which is dominated by rice, with 70% arable land, and other crops such as sorghum, maize, sugarcane, and oilseed rape. Apart from agriculture, the main source of the economy is jadeite and teak produced in Kachin State. Jadeite is distributed in Hanba, Longqin and other places, and teak is distributed in Bhamo and Myitkyina.

To the east of that, there are two passages leading directly to the Chinese border, one from Tengchong to Myitkyina via Gaotian, Monkey Bridge and Xidong, and from the Chinese border to Myitkyina, the whole journey is about 250 kilometers; The other is about 225 kilometers through Nandian, Yingjiang and Thatched Grassland to Bhamo in Myanmar. These two routes have been important trade routes between China and Myanmar from ancient times to the present.

In addition, from Yingjiang to Dangbo, Gandaoyan, Manqian, Zipa River and other places in Myanmar; There is a road from Longchuan to Ba Mo and Myitkyina; From Gongshan, Fugong, Lushui and other places in Nujiang Prefecture, there are transport roads and trails that can lead to the northern border of Myanmar such as Grape, Sunbrabeng, Laokang, Myitkyina and other places.

Myanmar has seven provinces and seven states, and the inhabitants of the seven provinces are mainly the Burmese, the main ethnic group in Myanmar; The seven states refer to Kachin, Shan, Chin, Kayin, Kayah, Mon and Rakhine States, which are mostly inhabited by ethnic minorities.

Since Myanmar's independence, there have been sporadic clashes between government forces and ethnic local armed forces in various states seeking greater autonomy. The strategic position of Kachin State, sandwiched between China and India, is very important.

In World War II, the Chinese Expeditionary Force and the Allied forces fought fierce battles here.

Kachin State is so rich in resources that the New York Times has dubbed it "the land of jade and gold." According to some experts, the main ethnic groups in Kachin State are the Kachin and the Jingpo and Susu ethnic minorities in China.

The Kachin Independence Army (KIA) was formed on February 5, 1961, when an ethnic minority army led by the three brothers including "Zaodhan" came to the Kachin area and announced the establishment of the "Kachin Independence Army" and the independent "Kachin Government Organization" and "Kachin Political Party", and took de facto control of Kachin State. In 1994, the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) and government forces reached a ceasefire agreement, and the Burmese government recognized it as the "Second Special Region of Kachin State", which is located in the northeastern part of Kachin State in Myanmar, bordering Yunnan Province and Assam State in India, with 12 districts.

In addition to the "Second Special Zone" controlled by the Kachin Independence Army, there is also a "First Special Zone" controlled by the Kachin New Democratic Army (KNIA). The Kachin New Democratic Army (KNIA) is an armed organization that broke away from the Communist Party of Burma (CPM) in October 1989 by the 101st Army of the Communist Party of Burma. The area under its control is about 6,000 square kilometers.

The mountainous presence of various armed factions in Myanmar poses a huge challenge to the border security of the Chinese state. The tense situation in Myanmar has increased the pressure on the local border guards, and the border guards must always be vigilant against the situation of the large number of border residents in the event of the outbreak of fighting.

The Yenching government has not made a formal statement about the war in Burma, but analysts say Huaxia officials want to see the war resolved, "because of this military conflict, Huaxia companies doing business in the region have been greatly affected, and Huaxia clearly hopes that the Burmese government and the local Kachin regime can reach a rapprochement and make regional development a priority." ”

Last year, a hydropower plant that caused a dispute between Huaxia and Myanmar was also located in Kachin State. According to The New York Times, some Kachin commanders say one reason for the renewed fighting after a 17-year ceasefire that ended last June was that the Burmese military wanted to expand its control over the area through a Chinese-built hydropower project, which was protested by local Kachin people.

During the CPM, Huaxia provided support to the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) directly or through the CPM. Since the deterioration of relations between the Kachin and the Burmese government in 2011, the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) has not communicated with Huaxia, but has used Huaxia's investment in its territory to blackmail the Huaxia government.

Originally, Kachin had the advantage of having good relations with China geographically, and Huaxia invested in power stations in its territory, and oil pipelines passed through its territory, and so on; if the Kachin Independence Army could handle these things well, it would be able to increase its own income and also have good relations with China, but because the Kachin Independence Army did not handle it properly, the advantages became disadvantages.

Since October last year, the Burmese army, after peace talks with the Wa coalition army and the Mengla army, has redeployed heavy troops to attack Kachin, and the Kachin Independence Army has entered a predicament.

Just after the New Year, Myitkyina, the capital of Kachin State, walked down the airport with a grim-faced young man. Zhen Cheng's first stop in the Golden Triangle was not the primeval forest, but Myitkyina, the capital of the Kachin Independence Army.

"Kachin State, I'm coming!" Zhen Cheng had a smile on the corner of his mouth, muttered in a low voice, and disappeared into the hurried flow of people.