Traffic has increased because Chinese authorities take no action against charcoal imports although a ban was imposed on farm products and timber smuggling in 2018.
Category: Myanmar
China-Backed Power Plant a Bane for Myanmar Villagers
Local residents also say runoff from the Shan state plant is polluting local water supplies, and gas emissions are polluting the air.
Myanmar seeks to establish Myanmar-India-China economic corridor
As part of efforts to make Myanmar the doorway to ASEAN door, the government will try to establish a Myanmar-India-China economic corridor.
Regional Government in Myanmar’s Sagaing Rethinks Support For Chinese Copper Mine
Residents and farmers accuse the Chinese operators of appropriating land without providing adequate compensation and damaging the environment.
In the dam’s shadow Displaced by conflict, communities are left without a home or electricity
Regardless of where they lived in the areas where dams were planned, the villagers’ stories are similar. They were promised, coerced or threatened into leaving their homes.
Myanmar must improve community forestry plan to fight climate change
Community forestry strengthens community land rights, develops local livelihoods, and conserves precious ecosystems.
Slower, smaller, cheaper: the reality of the China-Myanmar Economic Corridor
The numbers would suggest that although China and Chinese companies are investing in Myanmar, the investment strategy is geared toward smaller projects instead of the mega infrastructure projects for which the BRI is associated.