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Warmer China-Myanmar economic ties risk future unrest

Content type:: Expert Briefings
Location:: CHINA/MYANMAR
Keywords associated with this article:: Geographic: Myanmar China AP CHINA/MYANMAR

Topical: international relations construction energy ethnic foreign investment foreign policy foreign trade gas infrastructure oil opposition protest security
ISSN:: 2633-304X
Citation:: Oxford Analytica (2017), "Warmer China-Myanmar economic ties risk future unrest", Expert Briefings.
https://doi.org/10.1108/OXAN-DB220229

Wednesday, April 12, 2017

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