Behind displays of friendship, Beijing is showing signs that it is losing patience with Burma?s politically inept ruling generals... "When Vice Snr-Gen Maung Aye, the second most powerful figure in Burma?s ruling junta, led a high-level delegation to Beijing in mid-June, China?s state-run Xinhua news agency dutifully reported that the visit?s third in six years?€?was aimed at strengthening friendly and cooperative ties between the two neighboring countries. Behind the scenes of the outwardly amicable visit, however, the story was not so simple. According to businessmen close to the regime in Naypyidaw, before departing for Beijing, Maung Aye complained that China was meddling in Burma?s affairs. A former commander of the Burmese army?s northern region who once fought several fierce battles against the Chinese-backed Communist Party of Burma in the 1970s and 1980s, Maung Aye has never really trusted Beijing. Now, he grumbled, Chinese leaders were trying to tell Naypyidaw how it should deal with Aung San Suu Kyi, who was facing imprisonment on charges of violating the terms of her house arrest..."