Competing Regimes and Multiple Stakeholders: How China Hedges its Relations with Myanmar
This article investigates China’s hedging strategy towards Myanmar following the military coup in 2021, characterised by competing regimes and numerous armed resistance groups. Given the volatile and uncertain political environment in Myanmar, Beijing’s strategy involves maintaining relationships wi...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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World Scientific Publishing
2024-12-01
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Series: | East Asian Policy |
Online Access: | https://www.worldscientific.com/doi/10.1142/S179393052400028X |
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Summary: | This article investigates China’s hedging strategy towards Myanmar following the military coup in 2021, characterised by competing regimes and numerous armed resistance groups. Given the volatile and uncertain political environment in Myanmar, Beijing’s strategy involves maintaining relationships with multiple stakeholders with not only the military junta but also various ethnic armed groups, and potentially the national unity government too. |
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ISSN: | 1793-9305 2251-3175 |