{"id":2088,"date":"2026-06-16T05:39:23","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T05:39:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=2088"},"modified":"2026-06-16T05:39:23","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T05:39:23","slug":"china-embraces-myanmars-president-as-former-junta-chief-seeks-legitimacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=2088","title":{"rendered":"China embraces Myanmar&#8217;s president as former junta chief seeks legitimacy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>Summary<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>June 16 (Reuters) &#8211; Myanmar President Min Aung Hlaing&#8217;s state visit \u200bto China is set to give the former junta chief a significant diplomatic boost as he seeks to consolidate his grip on \u200cpower in the war-torn country following a widely condemned election at the turn of the year.<\/div>\n<div>The five-day trip at the highest level of diplomatic engagement, during which Min Aung Hlaing will meet Chinese President Xi Jinping, follows an official visit to India at the end of last month, when he held talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.<\/div>\n<div>&#8220;An official state visit hosted by Xi \u200bJinping is a visible signal that China is prepared to deal with Myanmar&#8217;s new administration as a full partner,&#8221; said Richard Horsey, the \u200bsenior Myanmar adviser at Crisis Group.<\/div>\n<div>&#8220;India gave him a warm embrace on his recent visit, but not the full honours \u2060of an official state visit.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div>While the optics are a win for Min Aung Hlaing, analysts say Beijing is likely to remain focused on securing \u200bits own strategic interests, including strengthening borders and developing key resources such as rare earths.<\/div>\n<div>China is Myanmar&#8217;s top trading partner and investor, anchoring its influence through major Belt \u200band Road projects, including a cross-country oil and gas pipeline and a deep-sea port.<\/div>\n<div>Beijing also serves as a vital supplier and diplomatic partner for the Myanmar military, sometimes even helping broker ceasefires along parts of its border, where ethnic armies with deep connections to China hold sway.<\/div>\n<div>&#8220;China&#8217;s interests are not on federalism, but rare earths, infrastructure, mining, and securing the economic \u200bcorridor to the Indian Ocean,&#8221; said David Mathieson, a Thailand-based independent analyst who closely tracks Myanmar.<\/div>\n<div>&#8220;China also perceives the West in retreat from Myanmar and \u200bBeijing will assert a new suzerainty over the country.&#8221;<\/div>\n<h2>CHINESE INTERESTS<\/h2>\n<div>Myanmar has been in the throes of a devastating civil war since Min Aung Hlaing ousted the elected government led \u200cby Aung San \u2060Suu Kyi in February 2021.<\/div>\n<div>Protests against the coup morphed into a nationwide armed uprising, pitting the well-armed military against a collection of newly formed pro-democracy armed groups and long-established ethnic armies.<\/div>\n<div>The fighting has ravaged the impoverished Southeast Asian nation, killing more than 93,000 people and displacing more than 3.7 million.<\/div>\n<div>Despite the conflict, Myanmar&#8217;s military engineered a general election last December and January that excluded any major opposition and led to an overwhelming victory for an army-backed party, paving the way \u200bfor Min Aung Hlaing to become \u200bpresident.<\/div>\n<div>The delegation accompanying Min Aung Hlaing \u2060to China includes the chief ministers of Myanmar&#8217;s Kachin and Shan states, which both border China, as well as the country&#8217;s industry minister, according to state media.<\/div>\n<div>Kachin State, where fighting is raging between the military and a major armed group, \u200bhas one of the world&#8217;s major heavy rare earth mining belts, while Shan State shares several trading routes with China.<\/div>\n<div>The ministers&#8217; \u200bpresence suggests discussions will \u2060probably focus on border trade and the Myitsone Dam, a $3.6-billion Chinese-led project in Kachin State that was shelved in 2011, said Aung Kyaw Soe, an independent Thailand-based analyst.<\/div>\n<div>&#8220;In 2025, the military&#8217;s second-in-command, General Soe Win, personally began bringing up the subject of restarting Myitsone, so I think they will discuss restarting it during Min Aung Hlaing&#8217;s \u2060current trip \u200bto China,&#8221; Aung Kyaw Soe said.<\/div>\n<div>Hanging over Min Aung Hlaing&#8217;s visit is the recent arrest in \u200bChina of Min Zin, a prominent American scholar of Myanmar, on suspicion of espionage.<\/div>\n<div>&#8220;Min Aung Hlaing\u2019s visit will put a greater focus on Min Zin&#8217;s arrest, because he is one of the \u200bmost prominent Myanmar scholars working to improve understanding between the two countries,&#8221; the Crisis Group&#8217;s Horsey 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