Fate of soldiers' remains in Myanmar under discussion

The Chinese government has opened discussions with parties in Myanmar to help them determine how to handle the remains of soldiers from the Chinese Expeditionary Force who died fighting Japanese invaders in World War II, a spokesman for the Chinese Embassy in Myanmar, Pan Xuesong, said on Friday.

The remark came after a plan by private parties failed to return the remains of 347 fallen soldiers for burial in Yunnan province.

On Tuesday, a motorcade of 60 people led by the Long Yue Charity, a nongovernmental foundation in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, departed Tengchong in Yunnan bound for Myitkyina in Myanmar expecting to bring back the remains more than seven decades after the soldiers died in battle.