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- ↑ Andrus, J.R. (1947). Burmese Economic Life. Stanford University Press. p. 88. ISBN 9780804703154 . Retrieved 8 March 2015.
- ↑ Hensengerth, Oliver. Burmese CP in relations between China and Burma
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