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The Qing closed the border with Burma at this time, until [[1787]], when a group of [[Yunnan province|Yunnan]] merchants, desperate to reopen their trade relationships, sent a number of representatives, pretending to be formal Qing envoys, to reopen relations, and the Burmese agreed. Some ten or twenty missions were then sent from Burma to China over the remainder of the 18th-19th centuries.
The Qing closed the border with Burma at this time, until [[1787]], when a group of [[Yunnan province|Yunnan]] merchants, desperate to reopen their trade relationships, sent a number of representatives, pretending to be formal Qing envoys, to reopen relations, and the Burmese agreed. Some ten or twenty missions were then sent from Burma to China over the remainder of the 18th-19th centuries.
During World War II, Burma was one of the many Southeast Asian countries to fall under Japanese control.
The British conquered the city of Mandalay in November [[1885]], and deposed the last Burmese king, marking the beginning of British colonial rule of Burma. China complained that Burma had been a tributary, and that China was compelled to intervene, citing Chinese records of tributary status. The British countered with Burmese documents which give no such impression, but in the end agreed in an [[1886]] treaty to allow the Burmese people to continue to send their once-in-a-decade missions of "friendship." This promise was never followed-through, however, due to border disputes and other disagreements with China.<ref name=reid19>Reid, 18-19.</ref>
During World War II, Burma was one of the many Southeast Asian countries to fall under Japanese control. Following its independence after the war, Burma pursued a friendly relationship with the Communist People's Republic of China, in order to avoid its massive neighbor being an enemy.<ref name=reid19/>
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