Chinese infrastructure investments in Myanmar : Myanmar's financial losses due to ethnic conflict
This paper addresses cancellations and delays to Chinese infrastructure investments in Myanmar, and seeks to answer the question: what are the financial losses to Myanmar from its failure to resolve ethnic conflicts within its own borders? As China is the biggest source of infrastructure investme...
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| Format: | Theses and Dissertations |
| Language: | English |
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2018
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10356/76094 |
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| Institution: | Nanyang Technological University |
| Language: | English |
| Summary: | This paper addresses cancellations and delays to Chinese infrastructure investments in
Myanmar, and seeks to answer the question: what are the financial losses to Myanmar from
its failure to resolve ethnic conflicts within its own borders? As China is the biggest source
of infrastructure investments in Myanmar, the context of the China-Myanmar relationship
is examined in depth, followed by a background of Myanmar's internal ethnic conflicts. Case
studies of two major Chinese projects are examined- the Myitsone dam and the Kyaukphyu-Kunming
pipeline- with additional hydroelectric projects being included in the findings, as
well as a sample from the mining industry. By attaching a price tag to delays and cancelations
from these projects, this paper offers an additional, financial incentive for Myanmar's
leaders to more adamantly seek a political settlement with Myanmar's ethnic groups. |
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