(Source: AP Photo/File)Opposition to Chinese-invested hydropower schemes in Myanmar is being orchestrated by “extreme” groups in the country and has been extremely damaging to joint investment projects, an influential Chinese newspaper wrote on Monday. Myanmar suspended the project citing environmental worries, but the decision was also seen as an attempt to distance itself from Beijing. But Suu Kyi is under pressure at home from civil society groups not to simply give in to Beijing. “Certain Myanmar media even said that stopping these dams was an important step to show that Myanmar is throwing off its over-reliance economically on China,” the paper said. “China is willing to invest basic infrastructure projects in Myanmar that the West is not willing to invest in,” the paper said.

Source: Indian Express September 19, 2016 04:07 UTC