Villagers in Mong Hsat township in Myanmar’s eastern Shan State are having sleepless nights as large-scale coal mining operation begins in their area.
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Grassroots fear stoked by Chinese-funded port and SEZ in Myanmar’s Rakhine
The state’s promise for development comes with fishing restrictions — the waterways have been freed up for Chinese ships – a situation that has devastated local lives and livelihoods.
Is China dictating Myanmar’s vision for its future – fact or hysteria?
What is not in question is that INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS BRING SUSTAINABLE GROWTH. Not only does the BRI incorporate objectives that have the purpose of ensuring infrastructure project sustainability.
Shan State Villagers Refuse to Meet Officials Defending Upper Yeywa Dam
One of five dams backed by Chinese, Japanese, German and Swiss companies, all widely opposed by locals.
Myanmar fish resources fall sharply in past 38 years: research
Fish inhabiting the surface waters of Myanmar declined by about 80 percent between 1980 and 2018 and there was a steep drop in commercially important fish on the seabed.
Myanmar MPs Approve Discussion to Regulate Chinese Banana Plantations
“Dr. Khun Win Thaung of Kachin State said an increasing number of Chinese companies were planting tissue-culture bananas, threatening the community’s way of life.”
Shan State IDPs Ask Myanmar Govt to Stop Development Projects on Their Land
The projects include mining, agriculture and logging concessions, as well as the China-backed Muse-Mandalay railway project, a part of the Chinese government’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).