1/3/22, 11:44 AM Inside the origins of a conspiracy theory about Myanmar and China TA C K L I N G ▼ ( H T T P S : / / F I R S T D R A F T N E W S . O R G / TA C K L I N G / ) (https://firstdraftnews.org)T R A I N I N G (HTTPS://FIRSTDRAFTNEWS.ORG/TRAINING/) TRACKING Inside the origins of a conspiracy theory about Myanmar and China (HTTPS://FIRSTDRAFTNEWS.ORG/TRACKING/) February 22, 2021 Image: First Draft Montage / Photography: Unsplash (Immo Wegmann, Isabel Retamales, Ko Ko Myoe, Daniel Romero) AUTHOR Stevie Zhang (https://firstdraftnews.org/articles/author/steviefd/), Esther Chan SHARE (https://firstdraftnews.org/articles/author/estherc/) TA G S Case Studies (https://firstdraftnews.org/articles/tag/casestudies/), China (https://firstdraftnews.org/articles/tag/china/), https://firstdraftnews.org/articles/inside-the-origins-of-a-conspiracy-theory-about-myanmar-and-china/ 1/8