Disinformation linking Myanmar’s recent coup d’état to Chinese influence has inspired anti-China protests in the capital, Yangon. Protesters’ suspicions were inflamed by a meeting between Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and...
New reports suggest that China has dramatically curtailed lending towards the Belt and Road Initiative, Xi Jinping’s flagship global infrastructure and trade program. First proposed in 2013, the BRI is a trillion-dollar...
As Southeast Asian countries continue to face a severe drought amid an extreme El Niño event,...
According to a state media report, China plans to construct two railway lines in Tibet that will...
At The New York Times, Jane Perlez and Bree Feng revisit the international hunt for drug lord Naw Kham, who was executed in March for the 2011 murders of 13 Chinese sailors on the Mekong river. For China, the arrest was a...
Amid China’s mediation of Myanmar’s civil war and the suspension of the Myitsone Dam, The Los Angeles Times reports that Myanmar seems unable to pull away from China’s reach: In reality, though, anti-China...
China mulled the use of drone-delivered explosives to kill a wanted drug lord, who was later captured and sentenced to death for the murder of 13 Chinese sailors on the Mekong river in 2011. The plan was revealed in a...
Chinese Overseas Port Holdings Limited took over management of the Pakistani port of Gwadar on Monday, amid suspicion of China’s growing presence in the Indian Ocean. From Reuters: China financed more than 80 percent of...
The Associated Press reports Myanmar’s government and the Kachin Independence Army will hold talks in China on the border town of Ruili: Khon Ja, an activist with the Kachin Peace Network, said the army fired four...
The suspension of work on the Myitsone Dam last September was a key moment in Myanmar’s attempt to edge out of China’s shadow. A leaked impact assessment by the company building the dam had found the project harmful...
After the suspension of a controversial dam project in late September of 2011, Beijing is now urging Myanmar’s government to restart the $3.6 billion Myitsone dam project, which was being built by a Chinese company. The...
A controversial dam project on the Irrawaddy River has been suspended by Myanmar’s government. The Burma Rivers Network reported in July that the company behind the dam had ignored the findings of its own impact assessment...
Burmese dissident groups have appealed to China to stop work on a number of dam projects which have been fuelling conflict in the north of the country. From The Wall Street Journal: Dissidents had been stepping up their...
A commentary in the exiled Burmese publication Irawaddy discusses China’s relationship with Burma (aka Myanmar): Earlier this month, Burma’s generals rolled out the red carpet for visiting Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao,...
Foreign Policy looks at the benefits for China of changing tack in its relations with Burma and supporting opposition to the military junta, a traditional ally: Clearly, Burma is an unreliable client for China. Until now, the...
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