China Burma

Q&A: China And Burma's Complex Relationship

Reuters | Posted 09.28.2009 | World


BEIJING, Aug 28 (Reuters) - Fighting between Myanmar forces and an armed ethnic group in the remote northeast has forced 10,000 people to flee across ...

Bargaining Burma's Political Prisoners

David Scott Mathieson | Posted 08.29.2009 | World


David Scott Mathieson

Recent amnesties in Burma have been little more than public relations stunts. In September 2008, 9,000 prisoners were released, but only six of them were political activists.

China, Burma Sign Oil Pipeline Agreement

The Irrawaddy | Posted 04.27.2009 | World


China will start construction this year on oil and gas pipelines more than 1,200 miles long from Kyaukpyu Port on the Bay of Bengal through Burma to s...