As part of its high-tech makeover to become a “smart city” with a view to enhancing the rule of law and security, Myanmar’s second largest city Mandalay is ready to embrace Huawei, prompting questions about whether upper Myanmar’s business hub will become prone to data theft and state-sponsored spying—both of which the Chinese telecom giant […]
China-Backed Muse-Mandalay Railway to Cost $9 Billion
May 21, 2019 by
An ambitious China-backed railway project connecting two economic centers in Myanmar with Kunming, the capital of Yunnan province in southwestern China, will cost almost US$9 billion and final decisions on the specific details of the construction are expected to be made by the end of this year. As a part of the China-Myanmar Economic Corridor […]
Myanmar, China to collaborate on infrastructure, technology
April 30, 2019 by
State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi signed two Memorandums of Understanding (MoU) and one agreement with China on April 25, according to the Ministry of Information. The two MoUs and agreement were signed during a meeting between Daw Suu and Chinese Premier Mr. Li Keqiang during the Second Belt and Road Forum for International […]
Economic Corridor to benefit people of China, Myanmar
February 26, 2019 by
KUNMING – At a fruit market in Wanding, Ruili, a county on the China-Myanmar border, workers are transferring watermelons and muskmelons from Myanmar to heavy trucks which will soon leave for Beijing, Shanghai and other cities in China. “Burmese fruit tastes good and enjoys great popularity among Chinese people,” Said Liu Hongfang, a manager of […]
Full steam ahead for China-Myanmar high-speed railway
February 25, 2019 by
Once stalled plans to build a high-speed railroad connecting China’s southern city of Kunming and Myanmar’s Kyaukphyu port on the Bay of Bengal are firmly back on track. If completed, the 1,400-kilometer railroad will be a crucial link in a strategic economic corridor through which China’s imports and exports would bypass the congested Malacca Strait […]
What the US Can Learn from China and India’s Engagement With Myanmar
August 15, 2018 by
Washington and Brussels recently levied new economic sanctions against certain Myanmar military officers in connection with the atrocities of the Rohingya crisis unfolding in the country’s western Rakhine state, where thousands of the Muslim minority group have died and hundreds of thousands more have fled across the border to Bangladesh. The United Nations High Commissioner […]
China, Myanmar Agree 15-Point MoU on Economic Corridor
July 11, 2018 by
YANGON — Chinese and Myanmar officials agreed a 15-point Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on building a China-Myanmar Economic Corridor, part of China’s One Belt One Road Initiative, said U Min Zaw Oo, the director of the Directorate of Investment and Company Administration (DICA). “The agreements have been reached. The 15-point MoU is ready,” U Min […]
