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Chinese firms face changing competition in Myanmar

Content type:: Expert Briefings
Location:: MYANMAR
Keywords associated with this article:: Geographic: China Myanmar AP Europe India Malaysia Singapore South-east Asia Thailand United States Vietnam

Topical: industry construction corporate energy environment ethnic foreign investment foreign policy gas government growth infrastructure legislation manufacturing mining oil policy protest reform services technology transport water economy politics social
ISSN:: 2633-304X
Citation:: Oxford Analytica (2016), "Chinese firms face changing competition in Myanmar", Expert Briefings.
https://doi.org/10.1108/OXAN-DB213988

Friday, September 30, 2016

Significance

Myanmar's new government needs foreign investment to pay for development, creating fresh opportunities for China. However, attitudes to foreign investment within Myanmar's government and populace are shifting.

Impacts

Myanmar's ethnic Chinese population, perhaps currently numbering 2.5 million, will grow.
Medium term, securing the energy pipelines traversing Myanmar will be a linchpin for China's regional economic diplomacy.
Protests against large-scale Chinese projects could diminish the NLD's hold on local socio-environmental activists' loyalty.

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