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Anti-China outrage pulls Beijing into Myanmar coup crisis
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17/03/2021 - 04:59 Myanmar has been shaken by countrywide pro-democracy protests after a military coup STR AFP/File 4 min
Bangkok (AFP)
Chinese factories torched as mainland workers hunker down under martial law -- Beijing is being pulled into the ulcerous crisis in Myanmar, an unravelling country it had carefully stitched into its big plans for Asia.
During a January 2020 visit to Myanmar, Chinese President Xi Jinping elevated the Southeast Asian neighbour to "country of shared destiny" status, Beijing's highest diplomatic stripe.
The aim was to nudge Myanmar decisively towards China -- and away from the United States -- and drive through projects worth billions of dollars under the Belt and Road Initiative, including an oil and gas pipeline and a port to the Indian Ocean.
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