According to several accounts, China is the largest weapon supplier of Birmania. China has constructed in the Country bridges, electrical plants, barrages, factories, in exchange of energy and raw materials. China has constructed an oil and gas pipe-line of 2.380km from the province of Arakan to Yunnan. But most importantly, China has supplied to Burma armaments and weapons for two billions of dollars, making it the second military power of South-East Asia in term of value after Vietnam, but the first in term of sophisticated technology.
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Full report on the connexion about China and the Myanmar junta, especially concerning military furnitures :
http://www.uscampaignforburma.org/action/ChinaBurmaInfoSheet.pdf
Saturday, 29 September 2007
I do not make a fixation on China, but...
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