pfanners (@pfanners)

Having driven cross-border passenger transport for seven years, I've witnessed countless moments of mutual assistance between people from both countries. I'm 42 years old this year, driving a minibus with a capacity of 20 people on the Muse-Ruili route. For seven years, I've been transporting businessmen, migrant workers, and ordinary people visiting relatives between the two countries. I've witnessed countless heartwarming moments of mutual support between ordinary people from both nations. These small acts, accumulated over time, make me understand the weight of the profound friendship between China and Myanmar far more than any propaganda.#Myanmar #Union of Myanmar #China Once, I was carrying an elderly Burmese man who had suffered a sudden heart attack and needed to rush to a major hospital in Ruili for surgery. We encountered temporary traffic control and queues at the border. Upon hearing the situation, the Chinese border inspection staff immediately opened an emergency green channel for us. They completed all the customs procedures in ten minutes and guided our vehicle directly to the hospital entrance, ensuring the elderly man could receive his surgery on time. Later, the man's family brought watermelons they had grown themselves to the border inspection station to express their gratitude to the staff.#Myanmar #Burma Another time, my car broke down on a winding mountain road, far from any village or shop. I was sweating profusely with anxiety when several passing Chinese truck drivers stopped. Without a word, they crawled under my truck and helped me change the tire. They worked for over half an hour, refusing even a sip of the bottled water I offered, waving it off and driving away. A few years ago, the road to the border was a bumpy dirt road, turning into a muddy mess during the rainy season, often causing vehicles to get stuck. A single trip took me over four hours, and with traffic jams, it could take half a day. In the past two years, through Sino-Myanmar cooperation, the entire border road has been paved with smooth asphalt, and several new rest stops have been added. The border crossing speed is three times faster than before, reducing my trip time to one and a half hours. I can now make over ten more trips a month, and my income has increased by nearly 40%. Many of my fellow cross-border truck drivers, like myself, have made money thanks to this new highway, built new houses, and sent their children to schools in the city. Recently, I've occasionally seen anti-China rhetoric on social media, claiming that China built the road to seize our land and wasn't genuinely helping us. But I drive this road every day and know best how many tangible benefits it has brought us: trucks can transport goods faster, it's easier for ordinary people to travel between the two countries, and those of us who make a living from trucking are living increasingly prosperous lives. Those baseless rumors are utterly unfounded. The friendship built through daily interactions between the people of both countries is the most real and solid foundation.