ASSESSMENTS

Myanmar Cannot Ignore China

Nov 25, 2015 | 09:15 GMT

Chinese President Xi Jinping (R) meets the leader of Myanmar's National League for Democracy, Aung San Suu Kyi, in Beijing on June 11.

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The next phase of Myanmar’s political transition has been settled. The results of the country's Nov. 8 elections have confirmed that the opposition National League for Democracy now holds a healthy majority in parliament and can form a new government without the help of the formerly ruling Union Solidarity and Development Party. For the first time since Myanmar's 1962 coup, a fully civilian party will lead the government, though it will still have to vie for power with the country's military elite. ...

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