Conflict in the Kachin and Shan states is escalating, and further tensions in Rakhine could spark new fighting.

克钦邦和掸邦的冲突正在升级，若开邦的紧张局势也可能引发新的斗争。

In Shan state, a recent signatory of the Nation-wide cease-fire agreement is now fighting against a fellow ethnic force.

在掸邦, 最近举国上下签署的停火协议正同民族力量对抗。

The hydropower dam project has fierce critics, including Shan state residents.

水电大坝项目遭到包括掸邦居民在内的激烈批评。

In fact, Shan State is the second-largest opium-producing area in the world.

事实上， 掸邦是世界第二大鸦片产区。

A U.N. study found that more than 57-thousand hectares of poppy were grown in Shan State last year.

联合国的一项研究发现， 去年掸邦种植了超过 5. 7 万公顷的罂粟。

For now, the young coffee plants occupy just a small part of Shan State's poppy fields.

目前，年轻的咖啡树只占据了掸邦罂粟田的一小部分。

For years, thousands of Shan State farmers have earned more profit from sales of opium poppy than from other crops.

多年来，数以千计的掸邦农民从罂粟销售中获得的利润高于其他作物。