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Chinese rescue workers entered Myanmar to recover the bodies of Chinese miners killed by a landslide at a mine near the border, the Xinhua news agency reported on Wednesday.At least 13 Chinese miners were killed in the Monday afternoon landslide at the mine, about 3 km (1.8mile) inside Myanmar, Xinhua said. Five others were brought to a hospital in Tengchong, a town in China's Yunnan Province, while two others are still missing.China is resource-rich Myanmar's main ally, and Chinese itinerant businessmen dominate its minerals and timber trade, especially near the border.More than 140 rescue personnel with rescue machinery had entered Myanmar to search for the missing miners, Xinhua said, citing a spokesman with the Communist Party Committee of Tengchong county.Beijing is taking an increasing interest in the stability of Myanmar, where it is building oil and gas pipelines to allow it to diversify energy transport for its booming economy.Much of the border region is controlled by semi-autonomous ethnic militias, rather than the Myanmar central government. Tensions have escalated after many years of relative calm after the Myanmar army overran one such state, Kokang, sending refugees spilling across the border into Yunnan Province.(Reporting by Lucy Hornby; Editing by Ken Wills and Sanjeev Miglani)
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