"Members of the Communist Party of Burma who have lived in southern China since the party was fractured by a mutiny in 1989 have to be careful not to talk about Beijing?s warm relations with their former enemies in Rangoon China is watched with awe worldwide as its economy grows at an alarming rate; and with its military might expanding apace, it is already regarded by the US and the West as a superpower. This and the fact that it is the Burmese military regime?s closest ally concerns not just western countries but also many Burmese at home and abroad. Except for one group of Burmese, who both admire China?s swift rise and act as apologists for Beijing over its relations with Rangoon. They are members of the Communist Party of Burma, long regarded previously as a Chinese-supported threat to Rangoon; now, the less-than 500 CPB members live in the southern Chinese city of Kunming, where they are no longer a threat to anyone..." Describes the situation of former CPB leaders living in China, including Brig. Gen. Kyaw Zaw.