China seeks to shore up its influence in MyanmarChina's Foreign Minister Wang Yi is scheduled to arrive in Myanmar on Monday on a critical two-day visit. "It's routine practice in China's bilateral relations with Myanmar," according to Moe Thuza, a former Myanmar diplomat, now a regional specialist and Myanmar programme coordinator at the Singapore-based think-tank, the ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute. Wang Yi was the first foreign dignitary to visit Myanmar when the NLD government took office in 2016. While the finer details of Mr Wang's itinerary are still being worked out, according to Myanmar diplomatic sources. "China has plenty of things that it wants to nudge Myanmar on," according to the China specialist Yun Sun, senior fellow at the US-based Stimson Centre.

Source: Bangkok Post January 08, 2021 22:30 UTC