Andre Wheeler

Port facilities at a Chinese-owned oil refinery plant on Made Island off Kyaukphyu, Rakhine State. Photo: AFP
China in Myanmar: On a road to debt trap status?
With China’s signature international economic engagement strategy, the Belt Road Initiative (BRI) coming under increasing scrutiny, Myanmar needs to...
Why Myanmar needs to be aware of the Economic Significance for China as the Geo-political focus moves from the Asia Pacific to the Indo-Pacific
With the recent election win by the National League for Democracy (NLD), Myanmar needs to start looking at how to address two issues that threaten to...
Photo: UN Biodiversity/Twitter
Is the G7 Build Back Better World a serious alternative to China’s Belt Road Initiative
There has been much hype around the announcement by the G7 of the Build Back Better World (B3W) initiative as a countermeasure to China’s Belt Road...
Implications for Myanmar’s global digital and smart supply chain integration
With Myanmar’s port development in Kyauk Phyu as part of China’s Belt Road Initiative, local business and communities need to be aware of what lies...
The United Nations headquarters building is seen on the East Side of Manhattan, in New York City, on July 19, 2021. Photo: AFP
Myanmar flexing its muscles at the United Nations
Myanmar’s increasingly important role in the Indo-Pacific and ASEAN regions is amplified by the recent agreement between China and the USA to prevent...
A file photo of oil tanks at a site operated by China National Petroleum Coporation at an offshore block of Madae Island near the town of Kyauk Phyu of Rakhine State, western Myanmar. Photo: AFP
Myanmar Kyauk Phyu Port Development: Is China stalling?
Kyauk Phyu Port has been on the drawing board since November 2018 when a framework agreement was signed between the Kyauk Phyu Special Economic Zone...
Woodside is now the largest oil and gas player in the Rakhine Basin. Photos: Woodside Energy
Are multi-nationals abandoning Myanmar merely supporting China’s ambitions?
The National Unity Government (NUG) policy statement in August 2021, in which it welcomed international companies leaving Myanmar as an effective...
a general view of the deep sea port on Maday Island part of a pipeline project in Kyauk Phyu, Rakhine state, Myanmar. Photo: EPA
The new paradigm of strategic economic coercion: do sanctions work?
Myanmar, Russia and China are rapped for their transgressions through economic war. But, as this commentary explores, there are serious questions...
Chinese President Xi Jinping (front C), Premier Li Keqiang (from 2-L), Chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference Wang Yang (front L) and Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress of China Li Zhanshu (front R) stand during the closing ceremony of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) at the Great Hall of People in Beijing, China, 22 October 2022. Photo: EPA
China Myanmar Economic Corridor at crucial crossroad after China’s CCP Congress?
Myanmar’s military junta needs to be careful when taking its next steps in trying to reengage with the international community. The Financial Action...

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