China's Xi vows support for Myanmar as Min Aung Hlaing seeks to break isolation
Chinese President Xi Jinping pledged Beijing's support to Naypyidaw during the Beijing visit of Myanmar's State Administration Council chief, Min Aung Hlaing. The South China Morning Post called it the most visible step in the Myanmar leadership's effort to break international isolation.
Chinese President Xi Jinping pledged support to Naypyidaw during Myanmar State Administration Council chief Min Aung Hlaing's Beijing visit, the South China Morning Post reported. Talks covered border security, operations against scam centres, the China-Myanmar Economic Corridor, and energy infrastructure projects.
The trip is judged the first major state-protocol-level visit Min Aung Hlaing has made to China since the 2021 coup. As ASEAN-level isolation persists, the junta leadership treats Beijing's economic and diplomatic backing as a strategic anchor.
With bearing on neighbouring Thailand, India, and Bangladesh, the visit could shift the strategic calculus of ethnic armed groups sustaining the conflict dynamic in the country. China's oil-gas pipeline and port investments make the file closely watched. Not investment advice.
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