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Burma
Beijing is concerned about the rise in anti-China sentiment in Myanmar since the coup.
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Burma
Intensive, Chinese-backed banana farming in Myanmar and Laos has resulted in human rights abuses and environmental damage.
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Burma
It is the second major regional summit from which Min Aung Hlaing has been shunned in two months.
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Burma
Locals fear that the junta will forcibly confiscate their land without compensation for a special economic zone in Rakhine State.
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Guest Column
It seems clear that unless the junta starts cooperating with the regional bloc, Min Aung Hlaing will not be invited to the ASEAN-China Special Summit this month.
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Burma
China has conveyed concerns to the military junta that civilian resistance forces seek to target the 800-km-long twin pipelines due to Beijing’s support for the regime.
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Burma
Chinese companies ink agreement to launch preliminary field investigation work for the Rakhine State project, which is part of China’s BRI infrastructure scheme.
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Commentary
Beijing has long played a complex diplomatic game in its southern neighbor, hedging its bets by courting all stakeholders; the UN representation issue is no different.
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Burma
The NLD and the military proxy Union Solidarity and Development Party will attend the online forum being organized by the Communist Party of China.
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Burma
The transportation of 60 containers by road and rail along a new trade corridor from Yangon to Chengdu followed a visit to Naypyitaw by a high-level Chinese envoy.
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Interview
Political analyst Dr. Hla Kyaw Zaw discusses China’s policy towards Myanmar.
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Analysis
Days after the junta reportedly rejected Sun Guoxiang’s request to meet Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, Beijing said it would work to resume Myanmar’s ‘democratic transformation’.
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Burma
Special Envoy for Asian Affairs Sun Guoxiang visited from Aug. 21 to 28, the Chinese government said Tuesday. Myanmar’s junta has been mum on the trip.
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Commentary
The people of Myanmar sympathize with their counterparts in Afghanistan, another strategically vital neighbor of China whose descent into dictatorship Beijing welcomes.
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Burma
The line stretches from Sichuan Province to Lincang on the border with Shan State; goods will be trucked between the border and Yangon Port.