Abstract" "The long-­lasting contradiction and conflicts between north Myanmar minorities and central government resulted from that the bilateral relations status has not yet been settled down after Myanmar obtaining independence from British colony India: that is to say Myanmar government betrayed its original promise and deprived the ethnic groups autonomy right. Along with Myanmar preparation for reform and reconciliation with the US, its domestic political process has highly involved into regional/global big power struggles, thus the conflicts between north Myanmar ethnic militants and its military government have very complicated backgrounds of external forces. In fact, though there is every reason for Myanmar domestic contractions to break out and for a long time lead to factual conflicts, however the current conflicts directly result from the US Asia pivot strategy to contain China, not only making China a victim of Myanmar domestic conflicts, but also seriously deteriorating China-­Myanmar relations.".....Paper delivered at the International Conference on Burma/Myanmar Studies: Burma/Myanmar in Transition: Connectivity, Changes and Challenges: University Academic Service Centre (UNISERV), Chiang Mai University, Thailand, 24-­26 July 2015.