 For background on the conflict, see

In 2011, "The Guardian" newspaper published WikiLeaks cable information regarding Myanmar.The cables revealed that the US funded some of the civil society groups in Myanmar that forced the government to suspend the controversial Chinese Myitsone Dam on the Irrawaddy river.According to media reports citing documents published by Germany's "Der Spiegel" in 2010, the Embassy of the United States in Yangon is the site of an electronic surveillance facility used to monitor telephones and communications networks.