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Myanmar: a battleground of the New Cold War against China
China’s complex relationship with Myanmar has confused many on the left, who too often base their binary analyses through the prism of Western media coverage. KENNY COYLE asks a Communist Party of Burma spokesperson about its view
Anti-coup protesters march during a demonstration in Yangon, Myanmar
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Artists should not be consigned to a life of precarious working – they deserve dignity and proper workers’ rights, argues ZITA HOLBOURNE
DURING World War II, the British colony of Burma, sitting between British-ruled India and war-torn China, became a key military theatre, pitting Allied forces against Japan.
Today Myanmar is embroiled in conflict once again. While this time the principal factors are internal, there are wider geopolitical dimensions. In particular, Myanmar has become a battleground within the wider New Cold War against China.
A Communist Party of Burma (CPB) spokesman told the Morning Star: “We used to say that Burma’s importance to the world’s great powers lies in the geographical position it occupies.
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