What China is doing in Myanmar for the New Silk Road
As the United States withdraws from Afghanistan, China takes a major step in Myanmar. The article by Giuseppe Gagliano
China has undoubtedly taken a very important step in Myanmar for the realization of its ambitious project known as the New Silk Road .
THE CHENGDU-LINCANG RAILWAY LINE
In fact , the high-speed railway line connecting Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan province, to Lincang, a city in Yunnan province located opposite the city of Chinshwehaw, in the Shan state of Myanmar, has been opened .
THE ECONOMIC CORRIDOR BETWEEN CHINA AND MYANMAR
This infrastructural project must naturally be located in a broader overall architecture, known as the China-Myanmar Economic Corridor (CMEC), relating to various logistic links that have been put in place by China in relation to motorway and railway infrastructures.
CONNECTION TO THE INDIAN OCEAN
In any case, this railway line makes it possible to create a real land corridor that makes the first connection between Yunnan and the Indian Ocean.
THE CONSEQUENCES FOR MYANMAR AND CHINA
As for Myanmar, this railway line will only strengthen the current military regime. And the defeat in Afghanistan of the United States and its allies can only strengthen the Chinese power protection policy in this context as well as in the Afghan one.
This is a machine translation from Italian language of a post published on Start Magazine at the URL https://www.startmag.it/mondo/cina-myanmar-ferrovia-oceano-indiano/ on Thu, 02 Sep 2021 10:38:40 +0000.