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“After suffering so much loss in Myanmar, Kyaukphyu has become a symbol, a must-have, a demonstration of China’s continued presence and influence in the country,” said Yun Sun, an expert on Myanmar-China relations at the Washington, D.C.-based Stimson Center. The incoming Myanmar government “runs a great risk of throwing its relations with China into an abyss” if it suspends the project.
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