BANGKOK – For much of the time since the Myanmar coup in 2021, China has treated the Myanmar military as the de facto authority in the country.
It has leaned on the junta to restart work along the China-Myanmar Economic Corridor linking south-western China to the Myanmar coast, as well as to crack down on transnational scam operations within Myanmar.
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