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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
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
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- 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