India-Financed Sittwe Port Opens in Myanmar, Countering China’s Connectivity Projects
May 11th, 2023
Via India Today, an article on the opening of Indian-financed Sittwe Port in Myanmar: The strategic Sittwe Port in Myanmar was jointly inaugurated by Indian Union Minister for Ports, Shipping and Waterways, Sarbananda Sonowal and Deputy Prime Minister and Union Minister for Transport & Communications of Myanmar, Admiral Tin Aung San on Wednesday. At the […]
Read more »Myanmar-Bangladesh Railway Connection Provides Benefits For Region
February 28th, 2023
Via Eurasia Review, commentary on the regional benefits of the Myanmar-Bangladesh railway connection: Locations of Bangladesh (green) and Myanmar (Burma). Credit: Wikipedia Commons In 1918, work began on a railway that the British hoped would provide a trade link between the subcontinent and China and its remains are rich with history. The British had […]
Read more »The China-Myanmar Economic Corridor, 2 Years After the Coup
February 2nd, 2023
Courtesy of The Diplomat, a look at how – after some initial hesitation – China is moving CMEC ahead in tandem with Myanmar’s military rulers – at least where the situation is stable enough to do so: Xi Jinping’s visit to Myanmar in January 2020, the first by a Chinese president in almost 20 years, […]
Read more »Myanmar Joins North Korea and Iran on Global Illicit Finance Blacklist
October 31st, 2022
Via the Wall Street Journal, a report that Myanmar has been added to the global finance blacklist: A global financial watchdog added Myanmar to its list of countries where businesses and financial institutions are at high risk of exposure to money laundering and terrorist financing, potentially accelerating the country’s economic isolation that was triggered by a […]
Read more »China Carves Path To Indian Ocean With Myanmar Rail Network
October 24th, 2022
Via Nikkei Asia, an article on China’s BRI investment in Myanmar: When the West cut off aid to Myanmar after the military took control in 2021, China rushed to fill the vacuum under its Belt and Road infrastructure-building initiative. But growing concern over China’s so-called debt trap diplomacy threatens the of progress of a jewel […]
Read more »General Chaos: Myanmar’s Struggling Economy
October 16th, 2022
Via The Economist, an article on how an economically illiterate junta is running Myanmar into the ground: Queues snake away from open-backed trucks that sell cooking oil on the streets of Yangon. Since July people in Myanmar’s commercial capital have stood for hours in the tropical heat and rain to buy discounted oil from wholesalers. […]
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