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Warmer China-Myanmar ties may reshape local politics

Content type:: Expert Briefings
Location:: CHINA/MYANMAR
Keywords associated with this article:: Geographic: China Myanmar AP United States CHINA/MYANMAR

Topical: international relations border conflict capital flows construction corporate energy environment ethnic foreign investment foreign policy foreign trade gas government growth human rights infrastructure labour military mining natural resources oil opposition party policy private sector protest reform refugees regional regulation renewable energy talks water welfare economy politics social
ISSN:: 2633-304X
Citation:: Oxford Analytica (2016), "Warmer China-Myanmar ties may reshape local politics", Expert Briefings.
https://doi.org/10.1108/OXAN-DB210372

Wednesday, April 6, 2016

Significance

Wang is the first senior foreign official to visit Myanmar following the installation of the new government on March 30, dominated by Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy (NLD). The government faces an early test in easing relations with China that have been strained since 2011.

Impacts

Stronger ties with Naypyidaw will strengthen China's Asia-Pacific position, as the US presidency nears transition.
The government will likely demand enhanced corporate social responsibility from Chinese and other extractives investors.
The government will need Chinese support to advance Myanmar's peace process.
However, the government will also need to assuage Myanmar military's concern about Beijing's influence.

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