Myanmar independent / anti-junta
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The Irrawaddy · Myanmar · Xi rolls out the red carpet for Myanmar's junta chief — and blesses the post-coup vote
From exile, the leading independent Myanmar outlet frames the visit as Min Aung Hlaing trading deeper Chinese economic penetration — corridor, port, railway — for the international cover his manufactured election could not buy on its own.
“The junta chief travels to Beijing seeking the legitimacy his election did not deliver, offering China deeper control of the corridor in return.”