Great Coco News Today

China is working to protect its substantial investment in neighboring, war-torn Burma.

An infrastructure project with “Chinese characteristics” like Belt and Road Initiative challenged western powers to follow a more constructive and democratic approach to counter Beijing’s tactics. And, in this case, western powers have followed India’s lead

Beijing gives authoritarian regimes the technological tools they need to surveil, repress and punish dissidents.

Over a year before a roaming Chinese spy balloon galvanized the United States, Indian forces spotted a similar ...

Satellite images have revealed China’s intelligence facility being set up in the Great Coco Island. This is barely 50km from India’s Andaman and Nicobar Islands – making it yet another location where Indian and Chinese forces will come face-to-face. 

Since taking office, the Myanmar Junta has boosted cooperation with China, raising worries. Since the late 1990s, Indian government officials have highlighted concerns over Chinas potential exploitation of access to the Great Coco Island.

A convoy carrying diplomats from the ASEAN countries was attacked by an unidentified group of assailants in Myanmar’s southern Shan State on Sunday, a military official said on Monday, reports AFP news agency. The convoy was travelling to eastern Taunggyi town when it came under the attack, a foreign diplomat based in Yangon told AFP on condition of anonymity. A senior military official also confirmed the attack to AFP, adding that the convoy was fired upon. "A convoy with some diplomats ...

Myanmar’s leader upgrades a strategic outpost in the Andaman Sea.

Great Coco lies 55km from India’s Andaman and Nicobar Islands; Beijing has denied it is involved in building a surveillance post there

With developments in Myanmar's remote Coco island located in the Bay of Bengal, India may soon face a new airbase close by in a country increasingly tied to Beijing, said a report, which analysed satellite images released by Maxar ...