Kyaukphyu Port – Asia Times

China’s submarine diplomacy reaching deep and wide

by Bertil Lintner February 12, 2022February 25, 2022

CHIANG MAI – China’s delivery of two promised submarines to Thailand, now being assembled in Wuhan, may never actually reach the kingdom as Germany refuses to sell related engines to China because the boats will be sold on to a third country. Export restrictions aside, the real reason could be that Germany, as well as […]

In search of Singapore

by Sanjay Pulipaka November 23, 2021November 23, 2021

China

Belt and Road starts and stops in China’s backyard

by Bertil Lintner October 3, 2021October 8, 2021

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A vote for Suu Kyi is a vote for China in Myanmar

by Rory Wallace November 6, 2020November 12, 2020

AT Finance, Myanmar

The changing face of Myanmar’s raging Rakhine war

by Anthony Davis January 29, 2020February 18, 2020

AT Finance, Myanmar

Myanmar a perfect fit on China’s Belt and Road

by Bertil Lintner January 27, 2020February 18, 2020

AT Finance, Myanmar

China, Myanmar tighten their Belt and Road ties

by Thompson Chau January 21, 2020February 18, 2020

AT Finance, Myanmar

Full steam ahead for China-Myanmar high-speed railway

by Bertil Lintner February 21, 2019February 18, 2020

AT Finance, Myanmar

Poor and isolated, Myanmar backs into a China debt trap

by Bertil Lintner January 31, 2019February 18, 2020

China-Myanmar border trade dips dramatically

by Bertil Lintner January 20, 2019February 18, 2020

China's President Xi Jinping (R) shakes hands with Myanmar's State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi as they attend the welcome ceremony at Yanqi Lake during the Belt and Road Forum in Beijing on May 15, 2017. Photo: AFP/Pool

AT Finance, Myanmar

China seeks big-ticket payback from Myanmar

by Bertil Lintner January 16, 2019February 18, 2020

Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi is welcomed by Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) upon arrival at the Akasaka Palace state guest house to attend the 10th Mekong-Japan Summit in Tokyo on October 9, 2018. Photo: AFP/Issei Kato

AT Finance, Bangladesh, Beijing, Cambodia, China, India, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Northeast Asia, Singapore, South Asia, Thailand, Vietnam, World

Japan offers ‘quality’ alternative to China’s BRI

by Bertil Lintner October 18, 2018February 18, 2020

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

AT Finance, Bangladesh, Beijing, China, European Union, India, Malaysia, Myanmar, Northeast Asia, South Asia, World

How China gets what it wants in Myanmar

by Bertil Lintner April 24, 2018February 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

AT Finance, Australia, Bangladesh, Beijing, China, European Union, France, India, Japan, Myanmar, Northeast Asia, Oceania, South Asia, United Kingdom, World

China looms large over Myanmar war and peace

by Bertil Lintner November 28, 2017February 18, 2020