China says its looking into events in Myanmar

China said it was still garing information about Monday's developments in Myanmar.

China is one of Myanmar's most important ecomic partners and has invested billions of dollars in mines, infrastructure and gas pipelines in Souast Asian nation.

Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said at a daily news briefing: "We have ted what happened in Myanmar, and we are learning furr situation w.”

He ded: China is a friendly neighbour of Myanmar. We hope that all parties in Myanmar will properly handle ir differences under constitutional and legal framework and maintain political and social stability. 

While China's ruling Communist Party tends to favour fellow authoritarian regimes, it has h a fractious history with Myanmar's military, sometimes related to its campaigns against ethnic Chinese mirity groups and drug tre along ir long, mountaius border.