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Myanmar to build new port for China’s Belt and Road Initiative

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Myanmar to build new port for China’s Belt and Road Initiative
As part of the China-Myanmar Economic Corridor, China seeks to build a port in Kyaukpyu in western Myanmar and connect it by highway and railways to Kunming in southern China
  • 19 Jan 2020
  • NEWS
  • xi-jinping-and-aung-san-suu-kyi.jpeg
    XI JINPING AND AUNG SAN SUU KYI SEALED AGREEMENTS IN MYANMAR ON JANUARY 18.
  • Kyaukpyu’s location close to major shipping lanes would enable China not only to avoid the Strait of Malacca but also to gain a foothold on the edge of the Indian Ocean, which is a region of increasing strategic competition
https://lloydslist.maritimeintellig...-new-port-for-Chinas-Belt-and-Road-Initiative
 
CMEC is likely to be more successful than CPEC,as India will have no reason to oppose CMEC.

in fact both China and India backed Myanmar over the Rohingya crisis.
 

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