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 »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 »Chinese Energy Companies Lobby Junta To Import Russian Gas
September 25th, 2022
Via FrontierMyanmar, a report that three Chinese firms appealed to Myanmar’s Nay Pyi Taw to arrange liquified natural gas imports from Russia amid economic turmoil in Myanmar: A leaked document from the junta’s Ministry of Electric Power reveals that three Chinese energy companies appealed to the junta for help importing liquified natural gas from the Russian […]
Read more »Ooredoo Telecom To Exit Myanmar, Following Norway’s Telenor
September 14th, 2022
Courtesy of The Financial Times, an article on Ooredoo’s decision to exit Myanmar, following Norway’s Telenor: Qatari telecommunications group Ooredoo has agreed to sell its Myanmar business to a Singapore-registered company in a deal that would see the company exit the troubled south-east Asian nation. Ooredoo Asian Investments, which owns Ooredoo Myanmar and Ooredoo Myanmar Fintech, […]
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