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In Thailand, Burma, Laos, full of sediment at the junction of the Mekong river stretches across the red with grey black rock, the confluence, here is The Three Kingdoms interchange, three countries is separated by only a river and neighboring to here for center, outward expansion in continuous dozens of mountain forest zone, form the world famous "golden triangle". Here the poppy plant history can be traced back to about 150 years ago. March 24 happen 7.2 magnitude quake, the epicenter just fall myanmar in golden triangle area. For this mysterious land, quake on the "golden triangle" areas have what kind of impact, the reporter in-depth "golden triangle" of Chinese village beitou.
Benban text/our correspondent WangHe, HeDaoLan
Benban photography/our correspondent ShaoQuan da
"Golden triangle" area in Burma, 30% area 70% respectively in Thailand and Laos belongs to. At present, Burma's epicenter still belongs to close condition. Yesterday morning, journalist again into Thailand beauty, the hope can fill town JingDong area transit Burma, deeply, can apply for still was rejected. According to reporter understanding, Thailand and other foreign journalists and foreign tourists application was also rejected, reason is the roads are down, unable to move on. And in northern myanmar, rescue teams to the disaster area, eve before has been unclear but specific situation. This is located in the "golden triangle" areas of the earthquake, and the name of "golden triangle" as full of mysterious colour, such as photos and video has even data also extremely rare disaster areas.
Poppy isolated areas
"Golden triangle" areas due to the geographical reasons, 30 years ago was the world larger poppy gardening, according to the statistics, "golden triangle" in its peak, poppy cultivation area reaches millions of acres, was beyond the three governments or management, or intentionally connive, cause poppies once rampant.
Local Thai overseas Chinese introduction, after 30 years of reconstruction, today's situation with decades ago earlier is different, the 1980s, the Thai government began to enforce its ban on poppy cultivation, and take legal, economic and so on a series of means to control, now in the territory of the golden triangle poppy plant, Thailand has been basically wiped out.
Although the Burmese government also says will vigorously poppy cultivation of opium poppies proposals from its peak of millions of acres down to hundreds of thousands of acres. But due to the geographical environment, complex, Burma's domestic mountain forest areas inaccessible more, border, forming a natural barrier to ban and poppy cultivation, signing. According to Thailand, he introduced a Chinese wang has relatives in Burma's this kind of minority living village, the village, a remote commonly local armed forces protection, no stranger enter. If people want to come to relatives, need local villagers to assure, and report the village leader. Poppy cultivation relatively cost due to change of land, every few years a place, Thailand, said these villages expatriates are basically a thatched separate houses, every few years will move out of the residence, reclamation another fertile land continue to grow.
Poppy cultivation are the requirements of soil conditions must be tough, at an altitude of 900 meters or kilometers above, and the soil fertilizer must be manure or natural fat, common fertilizer not line, the more so spawned locals to the soil compost habit of cattle. Just the Burma earthquake neighboring mountains are for years poppy cultivation, the affected area possibility is very large.
Mae joy:
"Golden triangle" of Chinese village
Mae joy, in Thailand and myanmar border town, the vast mountain people living here can speak mandarin and yunnan words, the more than 10,000 people in the village, most of the seed of the kuomintang 93 t avenues. After 1949 fled into Burma, and finally came to tai mountain in the northern mountain lai life. Here 40 years ago had and other "golden triangle" village have same, planting poppies. According to a from mae le village, said the Thai nationals out to life and military spending, he was the parents' growing over the poppy. Forty years ago, the armed to disarm and become Thailand citizens. Poppy also replaced by tea and coffee.
Successful transformation of the village
Yesterday morning, reporter from qing lai driving to mae joy. After 30 minutes after the start, car along the road to stretch the steep mountain path, after a hour crawling in the mountain, just flows seen mae le village. According to understand, because here is important, the terrain is difficult to strike, ever keep other armed forces or the Thai military go up to the mountain, you need to disarm below to up the hill.
Reporters in the villages meet, mae le village infrastructure is very good, is almost always a village by cement. The village not far from the quake's epicentre, though, but not affected.
Reporters saw in the villages LeiYuTian "general" in south China, he participated in the trial of Japanese invaders, when he also as commander of the kuomintang troops into the mountains with.
"An anti-japanese 8 years, the civil war and escape for 32 years, played seven years for Thailand, finally got secure life" in session, the elders of 95 years old, has kept the clarity of thought and speech. In the mainland after reform and opening-up, he was invited to visit mainland. LeiYuTian mean, for life, the village armed forces for transport goods and drug minority after-market vendors have provided care business service, and collection protection.
At present, mae le village become golden triangle area, one of the villages successful transformation of agricultural and tourism industry have made great achievements, here be thais and some overseas Chinese to golden triangle area tourism necessary to land.
"Golden triangle" area
Casualties unpredictable
Thailand qing lai residents say in the northern, since in the south, lai is plain region until the Bangkok. Golden triangle area of northern mountain, Burma and sparsely populated near the place is an armed few people to. Another it is reported, including Thailand and Burma mountainous area, the residence, much is coping climate and economic conditions, the simple structure, few buildings without tiled roofs, is mostly a layer of house, with occasional 2 floor board is much house. Structure
Simeon Thai border residents so speculate that the earthquake is likely to cause Burma poppies zone of casualties, but due to the village, and the comparative remote villages have local armed holding, in case is difficult for exactly known outside even the Burmese government. "An estimated omission, but absolutely toll is bad to say," said Mr. Huang, the Chinese earthquake, the Burmese government aspects blocked the road, on the one hand for passenger safety, on the other hand may also afraid of tourists go these remote mountains. |
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