A series of BRI related infrastructure projects that hopes to give Beijing access to the Bay of Bengal facing serious pushback.
Category: Myanmar
‘I feel guilty for surviving’: The deadly hunt for jade in Myanmar
Deadly landslides occur almost every year during the rainy season at the vast mines in Kachin state, which produce about 70% of the world’s jade.
Electrofishing thrives despite crackdown in Mandalay
Six endangered Ayeyarwady dolphins, including a month-old calf, died in the past six months, and it appears that many of them were killed by electrofishing.
Myanmar MPs Approve ADB Loan for Mekong Corridor Highway
The US$483.8 million loan is for part of the international East West Economic Corridor, with plans to link Vietnam to Yangon, passing through Laos, Cambodia and Thailand.
Suu Kyi courts Japan investment with new economic zone
Plans call for a seaport and industrial park on the coast of Mon State on the Indian Ocean, with highway linking Thailand and Vietnam to pass through the state.
The new Myanmar casino town posing as part of China’s Belt and Road Initiative
As the project moves ahead, it has drawn intense criticism for its lack of transparency and apparent disregard for the law, including from local ethnic Karen groups.
Myanmar’s Union Govt Splits Up Huge China-Backed New Yangon City Project
The US$1.5-billion planning project has been unbundled to make it possible companies other than China Communications Construction Company to take part.
Myanmar Approves $171m ADB Loan for Rural Electrification
For electrification of 400,300 households in 2,815 villages in Karen State and Ayeyarwady, Magwe and east Bago regions to access the national grid.
Large hydropower projects to continue in Myanmar: Govt
Deputy water and energy minster says that development of projects like Myitsone should recommence so that Myanmar can distribute adequate electricity.
Many Myanmar Mining Firms Fail to Name Politically Connected Owners
At least 10 companies have failed to identify “politically exposed persons”—those with links to high-ranking present or former military officials and ethnic armed groups—among their owners.