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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Main Author: Enze HAN
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: World Scientific Publishing 2024-12-01
Series:East Asian Policy
Online Access:https://www.worldscientific.com/doi/10.1142/S179393052400028X
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description 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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