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Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi (L) greets Chinese President Xi Jinping before a meeting at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on August 19, 2016. Photo: AFP/Dela Pena

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How China gets what it wants in Myanmar

by Bertil Lintner April 24, 2018February 18, 2020

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un watches the launch of a Hwasong-12 missile in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on September 16, 2017. Photo: KCNA via Reuters

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Why the Trump-Kim talks will fail

by Bertil Lintner April 17, 2018February 18, 2020

Australia orders 12 submarines from French firm

by Bertil Lintner February 11, 2018August 12, 2020

A North Korean military officer (R) and a North Korea man (L) stand behind a pile of coal along the banks of the Yalu River in the northeast of the North Korean border town of Siniuju in a 2012 file photo. Photo: AFP/Wang Zhao

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North Korea eludes coal export ban via Vietnam

by Bertil Lintner February 8, 2018February 18, 2020

Part of North Korea's missile arsenal. Photo: AFP/North Korean Central News Agency

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North Korea, Myanmar in a sanctions-busting embrace

by Bertil Lintner February 8, 2018February 18, 2020

Rebel soldiers of the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) manning rifles on a supply route from Laiza, a KIA-controlled stronghold in Myanmar's northern Kachin state on the border with China. Photo: AFP/Patrick Bodenham

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Spurned by West, Myanmar’s Kachin look to China

by Bertil Lintner January 24, 2018February 18, 2020

Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi at the Presidential residence in Naypyidaw on 28 November 2017. Photo: Reuters/Phyo Hein Kyaw

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From hope to despair in Myanmar

by Bertil Lintner December 27, 2017February 18, 2020

Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi and Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on August 19, 2016. Photo: AFP/Rolex Dela Pena/Pool

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China looms large over Myanmar war and peace

by Bertil Lintner November 28, 2017February 18, 2020

2017年4月拍摄的赛希尔相片：Wikimedia Commons/Brocken Inaglory

China, India, South Asia

中印两国的赛希尔之争

by Bertil Lintner November 27, 2017February 18, 2020

France's Charles De Gaulle carrier in the Indian Ocean. Photo: AFP/Anne-Christine Poujoulat

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France shows its hidden maritime muscles

by Bertil Lintner November 23, 2017February 18, 2020

An ocean view from Seychelles' Mahe Island on April 17, 2017. Photo: Wikimedia Commons/Brocken Inaglory

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China-India vie for a strategic slice of paradise

by Bertil Lintner November 23, 2017February 18, 2020

Myanmar State Counsellor and Foreign Minister Aung San Suu Kyi pays her respects to her late father as Myanmar marks the 70th anniversary of Martyrs' Day in Yangon on July 19, 2017. Photo: AFP/Ye Aung Thu

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The ties that bind Suu Kyi’s hands

by Bertil Lintner October 21, 2017February 18, 2020

A Rohingya refugee who crossed the border from Myanmar this week stands at a window of a school used as a shelter at Kotupalang refugee camp near Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh October 20, 2017. Photo: Reuters/Jorge Silva

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Rohingya refugees as pawns in a geopolitical game

by Bertil Lintner October 21, 2017February 18, 2020

Rohingya refugees scuffle as they wait to receive aid in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh September 24, 2017. Photo: Reuters/Cathal McNaughton

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Bangladesh holds the key to Rohingya insurgency

by Bertil Lintner September 25, 2017February 18, 2020

Rohingya refugees walk on the shore after crossing the Bangladesh-Myanmar border by boat through the Bay of Bengal in Shah Porir Dwip, Bangladesh September 11, 2017. Photo: Reuters/Danish Siddiqui

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No way back for Myanmar’s Rohingya refugees

by Bertil Lintner September 22, 2017February 18, 2020

A large plume of smoke is seen on the Myanmar side of the border from Teknaf, Bangladesh, September 15, 2017. Photo: Reuters/Mohammad Ponir Hossain

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The truth behind Myanmar’s Rohingya insurgency

by Bertil Lintner September 20, 2017February 18, 2020

A Chinese soldier (L) next to an Indian soldier at the Nathula border crossing between India and China in India's northeastern Sikkim state in a file photo. Photo: AFP/Diptendu Dutta

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Hidden agenda behind China-India Himalayan showdown

by Bertil Lintner August 21, 2017February 18, 2020

Chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, commander in chief of the Myanmar armed forces, salutes during a ceremony to mark the 71st Armed Forces Day in Myanmar's capital Naypyidaw on March 27, 2016. Photo: AFP/Aung Htet

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Could US reset sanctions on Myanmar over North Korea?

by Bertil Lintner July 20, 2017February 18, 2020

The Dalai Lama sits under a canopy in his residence at Birla House in the mountain resort of Mussoori, India after fleeing into exile in a 1959 file photo. Photo: AFP

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Did the Dalai Lama prefer exile in Myanmar to India?

by Bertil Lintner July 15, 2017February 18, 2020

Myanmar's State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi gives a speech at the Swedish parliament in Stockholm, Sweden June 13, 2017. TT News Agency/Christine Olsson via Reuters

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When will Suu Kyi challenge the military?

by Bertil Lintner June 21, 2017February 18, 2020

This photograph taken on November 10, 2013 shows Muslim lawyer Ko Ni delivering a public address on amending Myanmar's 2008 constitution, as senior National League for Democracy (NLD) party patron Tin Oo (R) listens, in Yangon. Thousands of mourners gathered on January 30, 2017 to bury Ko Ni, a top Muslim lawyer and adviser to Aung San Suu Kyi, who was gunned down outside Yangon airport in what the ruling party called a political assassination. / AFP PHOTO / Hong Sar

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No justice for slain Myanmar lawyer Ko Ni

by Bertil Lintner June 17, 2017February 18, 2020

View of the old cannon at the entrance to the Fort Adelaide overlooking the city in Port Louis, Mauritius. Photo: iStock/Getty Images

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Island states targeted in great power competition

by Bertil Lintner June 16, 2017February 18, 2020

Local residents' houses in front of buildings of a Chinese oil pipeline project (pink roof) on Madae island, Kyaukpyu township, Rakhine state, Myanmar. The wider project, part of China's One Belt, One Road initiative, envisions twin oil and gas pipelines, a deep sea port and special economic zone. Photo: Reuters/Soe Zeya Tun

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Myanmar as China’s corridor to the sea

by Bertil Lintner June 16, 2017February 18, 2020

A Lynx Helicopter hovers over the Indian Ocean in a file photo. ANP via AFP Forum/Robin Utrecht

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New Cold War in the Indian Ocean

by Bertil Lintner June 16, 2017February 18, 2020

Myanmar and China share a long and often troubled border. Photo: iStock/Getty images

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Myanmar’s unspoken northern enemy

by Bertil Lintner June 3, 2017February 18, 2020

Students wearing costumes representing Myanmar's different ethnic groups welcome delegates as they arrive for the 25th ASEAN summit at Myanmar's capital Naypyidaw on November 13, 2014. Photo: AFP/ Ye Aung Thu

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A question of race in Myanmar

by Bertil Lintner June 3, 2017February 18, 2020

Chinese President Xi Jinping listens to Myanmar's President Htin Kyaw during their meeting at the Great Hall of People in Beijing, China April 10, 2017. Photo: Reuters/Yohei Kanasashi/Pool

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China captures Myanmar’s peace process

by Bertil Lintner June 3, 2017February 18, 2020

Myanmar's State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi sits in her car after arriving at the airport in New Delhi, India, October 17, 2016. Photo: Reuters/Adnan Abidi

AT Finance, European Union, Myanmar, Thailand, World

Peace process in pieces in Myanmar

by Bertil Lintner May 22, 2017February 18, 2020

The front of an annual central report meeting released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang. Photo: KCNA via Reuters

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Kim clan’s third generation myth

by Bertil Lintner April 19, 2017February 18, 2020

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un aims a rifle at the Sporting Bullet Factory in Pyongyang. Photo: KCNA via Reuters

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North Korea’s long history of killing overseas

by Bertil Lintner April 19, 2017February 18, 2020