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Burma
More than 2,500 new cases were reported on Monday and Tuesday alone.
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Editorial
China and Myanmar’s other neighbors are banking on another extended period of military rule under the junta. History will remember their failure to stand with the people.
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Burma
Snr-Gen Min Aung Hlaing tells Russian media that China and India are ‘close friends’, but his regime’s links with the US suffer due to the ‘far distance’ between them.
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Guest Column
The recent Chongqing foreign ministers’ summit confirmed the growing view that China is making steady progress in asserting its regional role and agenda.
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Guest Column
The regime is encouraging China and Thailand to invest in hydropower and special economic zones in a bid to weaken ethnic armed groups and the National Unity Government.
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Editorial
The damage to China’s standing among Myanmar’s people grows more serious with each day that Beijing supports the illegitimate military regime.
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Burma
Wang Yi’s comments are seen as a sign the two countries are gearing up to move long-planned Chinese investment projects in Myanmar into the implementation phase.
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Burma
The parallel government called on Beijing to engage with them and warned against legitimizing the junta.
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Guest Column
With the US now more engaged in vaccine diplomacy, the two powers stand to benefit from working together to combat COVID-19 in Asia.
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Editorial
The junta can’t deliver the stability China needs on its southern border, and any hopes that ASEAN can have a positive influence are misguided.
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Burma
Beijing claims talks aimed at ending Myanmar’s crisis are starting in China today, while critics demand a seat at the table for the ousted democratic government.
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Burma
The regime has imposed stay-at-home orders in four more townships after a spike in cases.
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Guest Column
Those who hope for direct US intervention in Myanmar should note that Responsibility to Protect is an afterthought among global powers, and Washington is no exception.
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Burma
A survey reveals that almost half of Japanese business people in Myanmar want their government to impose sanctions on the military regime.
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Guest Column
The upcoming ASEAN-US and ASEAN-China summits will be very significant as the bloc adjusts its relations with the two in a post-pandemic, post-Trump world.