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MANDALAY, Myanmar (AP) Wrapped in a saffron robe, Buddhist monk Wirathu insists he is a man of peace.
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The Arabic letters in the phrase have numeric values that add up to 786, explains Maung Maung, a Muslim tea shop owner in Mandalay, Myanmar's spiritual capital and Wirathu's base.
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Human rights groups had warned that unrest in the west could spread to other parts of the country, and last year, prominent Buddhist monks rallied against Muslims in the central Myanmar town of Mandalay.
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Still, tensions in and around the central Myanmar town around 90 miles south of Mandalay, the country's second-largest city remain high.
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Mandalay in particular is where one feels the depth of China's demographic penetration into Myanmar, owing not only to recent decades of commercial expansion from gems trading to real estate but also centuries of seasonal migrations across the rugged natural border with Yunnan province.
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