Myanmar–China border

E386386

international border land border

The Myanmar–China border is an international boundary running through rugged, ethnically diverse highlands in Southeast Asia, serving as a key corridor for trade, migration, and strategic influence between the two countries.

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All labels observed (10)

Label	Occurrences
China–Myanmar border	13
Myanmar–China border canonical	5
China–Burma border	1
China–Myanmar border area	1
China–Myanmar border region	1
China–Myanmar border trade region	1
Chinese–Burmese borderlands	1
Myanmar–China border region	1
Yunnan–Myanmar border	1
Yunnan–Myanmar border region	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3770982 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Myanmar–China border
Context triple: [Shan Hills, borderRegionOf, Myanmar–China border]

A. India–Myanmar border
The India–Myanmar border is an international boundary in Southeast Asia separating India’s northeastern states from Myanmar, marked by diverse ethnic communities, cross-border trade, and strategic security concerns.
B. Thai–Myanmar border
The Thai–Myanmar border is a long, often porous frontier region marked by ethnic diversity, conflict-driven displacement, and extensive humanitarian and refugee activities.
C. Mae Sai
Mae Sai is a northern Thai town in Chiang Rai Province known as a major border crossing and trading hub with Myanmar.
D. China–Pakistan border
The China–Pakistan border is a high-altitude international boundary in the Karakoram range, notable for passing through the area of K2, the world’s second-highest mountain.
E. India–China border
The India–China border is a long, disputed Himalayan frontier between India and China that has been the site of recurring military tensions and standoffs.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Myanmar–China border
Target entity description: The Myanmar–China border is an international boundary running through rugged, ethnically diverse highlands in Southeast Asia, serving as a key corridor for trade, migration, and strategic influence between the two countries.

A. India–Myanmar border
The India–Myanmar border is an international boundary in Southeast Asia separating India’s northeastern states from Myanmar, marked by diverse ethnic communities, cross-border trade, and strategic security concerns.
B. Thai–Myanmar border
The Thai–Myanmar border is a long, often porous frontier region marked by ethnic diversity, conflict-driven displacement, and extensive humanitarian and refugee activities.
C. Mae Sai
Mae Sai is a northern Thai town in Chiang Rai Province known as a major border crossing and trading hub with Myanmar.
D. China–Pakistan border
The China–Pakistan border is a high-altitude international boundary in the Karakoram range, notable for passing through the area of K2, the world’s second-highest mountain.
E. India–China border
The India–China border is a long, disputed Himalayan frontier between India and China that has been the site of recurring military tensions and standoffs.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (60)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	international border ⓘ land border ⓘ
adjacentChineseProvince	Tibet Autonomous Region ⓘ Yunnan ⓘ linked to: Yunnan Province
adjacentMyanmarStateOrRegion	Kachin State ⓘ Kayin State ⓘ Sagaing Region ⓘ Shan State ⓘ
approximateLengthInKilometers	2185 ⓘ
approximateLengthInMiles	1358 ⓘ
borderAreaInhabitedBy	Kachin people ⓘ Kokang people ⓘ Shan people ⓘ Wa people ⓘ various ethnic Chinese communities ⓘ
countryBorder	China ⓘ Myanmar ⓘ
establishedByTreaty	Sino-Burmese Boundary Agreement of 1961 ⓘ linked to: Sino-Burmese Boundary Treaty of 1960 Sino-Burmese Boundary Treaty of 1960 ⓘ
hasBorderTradeRole	important route for overland trade between China and Southeast Asia ⓘ major corridor for bilateral trade ⓘ
hasClimate	subtropical climate ⓘ tropical monsoon climate ⓘ
hasEthnicDiversity	high ⓘ
hasMajorBorderCrossing	Chinshwehaw–Qingshuihe border crossing ⓘ Kanpiketi–Yingjiang border crossing ⓘ Lweje–Zhangfeng border crossing ⓘ Muse–Ruili border crossing ⓘ Panghsang–Menglian informal crossing ⓘ
hasMigrationRole	key corridor for migration ⓘ
hasSecurityIssue	cross-border smuggling ⓘ drug trafficking ⓘ human trafficking ⓘ insurgent group activity ⓘ
hasStrategicImportanceFor	China ⓘ Myanmar ⓘ
hasStrategicImportanceType	economic influence ⓘ geopolitical influence ⓘ security influence ⓘ
locatedInRegion	East Asia ⓘ Southeast Asia ⓘ
locatedOnContinent	Asia ⓘ
northernTerminusNear	Hkakabo Razi region ⓘ tripoint with India ⓘ
passesThroughTerrain	forested areas ⓘ mountainous highlands ⓘ rugged terrain ⓘ
relatedInfrastructure	China–Myanmar gas pipeline ⓘ linked to: China–Myanmar transport corridor China–Myanmar oil pipeline ⓘ linked to: China–Myanmar transport corridor border trade zones in Yunnan ⓘ border trade zones in northern Myanmar ⓘ
separatesCountry	People's Republic of China ⓘ linked to: China Republic of the Union of Myanmar ⓘ linked to: Myanmar
southernTerminusNear	Mae Sai–Tachileik area ⓘ linked to: Tachileik Tachileik ⓘ
usedFor	formal trade ⓘ informal cross-border trade ⓘ transit of natural resources ⓘ transport of manufactured goods ⓘ
yearOfFinalDemarcation	1961 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited