Archive for the ‘Myanmar’ Category

Pipeline Politics Define China’s Relationship With Myanmar

Via Global Geopolitics, another look at the “pipeline politics” of the growing petro-partnership between China and Myanmar.  As the report notes: “…If military-ruled Burma needed a stark symbol of China’s growing dominance in the country, then it would be poised to get one soon. The Asian giant is about to start building two pipelines – […]

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China’s Growing Partnership With Myanmar

Courtesy of a recent New York Times’ op-ed and a Financial Times report, we have a chance to peek into Myanmar’s economic position in Asia & China’s increasing involvement in such.  As the articles note: “…According to the nonprofit group EarthRights International, at least 26 Chinese multinational corporations are now involved in more than 62 […]

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Myanmar: Open For Business (For Some)

Via Terra Daily, a report that foreign investment soared in Myanmar in 2008, despite ongoing international sanctions.  As the article notes: “…foreign investment n Myanmar increased more than fivefold to reach almost one billion dollars last year, as neighboring China pumped money into its mining sector, official statistics showed Friday. Total foreign investment in the […]

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Myanmar To Pipe Natural Gas to China

Via Energy Daily, a report that Myanmar has signed a deal with South Korean and Indian companies to pipe natural gas from the energy-rich nation’s offshore fields to China.  According to the article: “…The Myanma Oil and Gas Enterprise inked the deal last Wednesday with South Korean companies Daewoo and Korea Gas Corporation and Indian […]

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China To Build A New Oil & Gas Pipeline Across Myanmar

Via Energy Daily, a report that China will build a new oil & gas pipeline across Myanmar.  As the article notes: “…Work on the oil and gas line will begin in southwest China’s Yunnan province in the first half of 2009, the state-run China Daily reported, indicating a project that has been in the planning […]

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China’s Energy Diplomacy

Via Energy Daily, an interesting analysis of China’s energy diplomacy as part of the country’s quest for energy to feed its export economy as well as its strategic competition with India for both resources and regional influence.  In addition to building of a port in Pakistan, its extra-polite friendship with the rulers of Myanmar and […]

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