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Geopolitics

The Transactional Embrace: China's Realpolitik and Myanmar's Stolen Legitimacy

Myanmar's military leader, Min Aung Hlaing, received a state visit to China and a meeting with President Xi Jinping, signaling Beijing's pragmatic engagement despite international isolation. This transactional embrace, prioritizing Chinese strategic interests over any concern for the people of Myanmar, is a stark display of how realpolitik sacrifices human dignity at the altar of stability and resource access.

Geopolitics

The Myitsone Resurrection: A Faustian Bargain Forged in the Fires of Western-Engineered Chaos

Myanmar's military government, after a visit by President Min Aung Hlaing to China, is preparing to restart the $3.6 billion Myitsone hydropower project which was suspended in 2011 due to massive public opposition over environmental and displacement concerns. It is heartbreaking to witness the cynical resurrection of this colonial-style project, a testament to Western-engineered instability forcing desperate nations into the arms of exploitative deals, sacrificing the land and livelihoods of the Global South on the altar of so-called development.