China Increases Its Engagement With Myanmar's Reviled Regime
Beijing has signaled that it wants to see greater engagement with ‘all parties’; ultimately it will side with whoever wins Myanmar’s conflict.
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Beijing has signaled that it wants to see greater engagement with ‘all parties’; ultimately it will side with whoever wins Myanmar’s conflict.
Beyond refusing to invite the junta to its meetings, ASEAN has done little except let down the people of Myanmar.
Communist Party chiefs from border regions such as Xinjiang and Yunnan play leading role in campaign to woo Central and Southeast Asia.
The country is suffering from an acute electricity shortage, forcing the junta to ask China for a bigger share of energy from Myanmar-based power plants.
The Head of the Lao government has requested help from the leadership of Yunnan province to encourage more Chinese companies to invest in Laos, using the potential offered by the Laos-China railway to boost trade cooperation between the two countries.