The Myanmar military controls Kyaukphyu, a major town in Rahkine state that is the terminus of a $1.5 billion (€1.44 billion) oil pipeline and a parallel natural gas pipeline running to Kunming ...

Both the great powers want access to Rakhine State’s Indian coastline and their ambitions have not ended because of advances ...

Despite a recent flurry of meetings, however, observers say the regime’s desperate military position in Rakhine makes progress on China’s Kyaukphyu projects unlikely.