But Ties To China Still Important Burma is ripe for new foreign investment following the suspension of U.S. and European Union sanctions against the military-led government. So how would new business affect China’s economic and political patronage? Doug Bandow, a senior fellow at the Cato institute in Washington D.C., believes one important factor in Burma’s […]
Progress In Burma But Concerns Linger
State Department Keeps Its Options Open Washington is wary about the “irreversibility” of political reform in Burma and is moving carefully in upgrading its relations with the Southeast Asian nation. On the same day that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced a suspension of nearly all financial restrictions on Burma this week, the […]