{"id":6186,"date":"2024-11-09T20:14:31","date_gmt":"2024-11-10T01:14:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/eastasiaandoceaniablog\/?p=6186"},"modified":"2024-11-09T20:14:31","modified_gmt":"2024-11-10T01:14:31","slug":"china-pledges-support-for-myanmars-political-transition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/eastasiaandoceaniablog\/2024\/11\/09\/china-pledges-support-for-myanmars-political-transition\/","title":{"rendered":"China pledges support for Myanmar’s political transition"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Link to article: https:\/\/www.voanews.com\/a\/7854856.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Myanmar, in 2021, underwent a coup where the military led by the junta, Min Aung Hlaing took over the attempts at democratic elections. They have since detained political opponents and set up new, unrecognized elections. This past week, China’s leader Li Qiang expressed support towards the transition of power in Myanmar and their upcoming 2025 election plans. During their conversation, they addressed the rising tensions of border control and cross-border crimes. Both countries agreed to protect the citizens of either country and to increase cooperation in economics. China also recognized the legitimacy of Myanmar’s borders that have been problematic including their border with China among other countries. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I think this article is very important for predicting how China will act towards other countries in the future and if countries will cooperate with China. Because Myanmar’s new government isn’t completely legitimate, I think countries that don’t agree with China’s perspective on it will be less likely to cooperate with China in the future. I also think this means that China is likely to bargain and work with any country that it has interest in economically even if what that country is doing may not be “morally correct” from all viewpoints. I also think it explains China’s relationship with North Korea because North Korea is a generally frowned upon country to most of the world so I think it is similar to this situation where China is putting itself in a place most countries will not. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I believe that Myanmar will continue to be in a state of inner turmoil because of the question of legitimacy in their government especially as the 2025 election gets closer. I see them relying on their relationship with China to feel better protected. I see China only continuing this as long as it benefits them and Myanmar keeps their word of protecting Chinese nationalists. When the time comes that it is not economically beneficial for China to be in this position anymore, I think they will pull out of any negotiations. I also see them losing relations if Myanmar’s government returns to their original form before the coup because Myanmar’s old government officials will most likely not want to work with China after “betraying” them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This situation relates to what we are talking about in class because it has to do with China’s national Interest and boosting part of their economy. It also shows that what might be irrational to other countries, is a rational decision for China. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Link to article: https:\/\/www.voanews.com\/a\/7854856.html Myanmar, in 2021, underwent a coup where the military led by the junta, Min Aung Hlaing took over the attempts at democratic elections. They have since detained political opponents and set up new, unrecognized elections. This past week, China’s leader Li Qiang expressed support towards the transition of power in Myanmar and their upcoming 2025 election… Read more »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":276,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6186","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-analysis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/eastasiaandoceaniablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6186","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/eastasiaandoceaniablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/eastasiaandoceaniablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/eastasiaandoceaniablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/276"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/eastasiaandoceaniablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6186"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/eastasiaandoceaniablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6186\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6187,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/eastasiaandoceaniablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6186\/revisions\/6187"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/eastasiaandoceaniablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6186"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/eastasiaandoceaniablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6186"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/eastasiaandoceaniablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6186"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}