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(Reuters) - “China’s gas pipeline will be burned,” chanted a group of protesters in Myanmar this week on the route of a Chinese pipeline.
FILE PHOTO: Demonstrators protest outside the Chinese embassy against the military coup in Yangon, Myanmar, February 19, 2021. REUTERS/Stringer
Hailed by China as a symbol of “mutually beneficial cooperation”, the pipeline has become a target for public anger over perceptions Beijing is backing the junta that seized power in a Feb. 1 coup.
The rise in anti-China sentiment has raised questions in Myanmar business circles and in China, not only over the surge of Chinese investment in recent years but for billions of dollars earmarked for a strategic neighbour on Beijing’s “Belt and Road” infrastructure plan.
Published March 11, 2021 6:56pm China s gas pipeline will be burned, chanted a group of protesters in Myanmar this week on the route of a Chinese pipeline. Hailed by China as a symbol of mutually beneficial cooperation, the pipeline has become a target for public anger over perceptions Beijing is backing the junta that seized power in a Feb. 1 coup. The rise in anti-China sentiment has raised questions in Myanmar business circles and in China, not only over the surge of Chinese investment in recent years but for billions of dollars earmarked for a strategic neighbor on Beijing s Belt and Road infrastructure plan.
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New Delhi: Continuation of the disengagement process between the Indian and Chinese troops so far is a “positive sign of easing tensions”, even though the incident has left a “great negative impact” on bilateral ties, experts on China and international affairs have told ThePrint.
The experts don’t see fresh tensions emerging in the near future, and say both New Delhi and Beijing should now look for a “long-term solution” to avoid such incidents in the future, as global geopolitics is rapidly changing, impacting Asia’s relationship with the world.
“It must be acknowledged that the confrontation in 2020 has had a great negative impact on bilateral relations and needs time to heal and recover in the near term. Therefore, it is foreseeable that China-India relations will stay at a comparatively low level in the year 2021. Past experience guides the future. We should not only learn lessons from the conflicts but also offer some deep reflections on