Meanwhile, the British colonial government manipulated ethnic separatists secretly and restricted Burmese independent movement, leaving many stubborn ethnic conflicts and roots of ethnic separatism in independent Burma.

• 与此同时,英国殖民政府暗中操纵民族分离主义,以制衡缅甸的民族独立运动,从而给独立后的缅甸留下诸多难以弥合的民族冲突和难以消除的民族分离主义祸根。