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The Diplomat (1 February 2023)

Timothy Millar

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, symbolically endorsed the China-Myanmar Economic Corridor (CMEC). This marked the culmination of an intense phase of activity by China in Myanmar, reconstituting Sino-Myanmar relations in the wake of Myanmar’s putative democratic transition.

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