To go with Myanmar-China-mining-economy-politics-resources by Kelly MACNAMARA, Phyo Hein KYAW This photo taken on October 4, 2015 shows a freelance miners carrying a raw jade stone near a jade mine in Hpakant, Myanmar's Kachin State. Everyday rickety homes in a remote Myanmar village inch closer to a cliff edge as bulldozers owned by the nation's elite claw the earth beneath them, ravenously hunting jade to feed Chinas multi-billion dollar demand. AFP PHOTO / Ye Aung THU (Photo credit should read Ye Aung Thu/AFP/Getty Images)
