Beijing uneasy about Burma’s drift toward West, plans ‘dollar diplomacy’ initiative

By World Tribune on April 11, 2012   China, Exclusives, Intel Brief, NE Asia  

Special to WorldTribune.com By Willy Lam, East-Asia-Intel.com The Chinese Communist Party leadership is set to use dollar diplomacy to prevent the Yangon (Rangoon) regime from falling into the embrace of the United States. Beijing’s uneasiness toward the liberalization policies of Burma’s President Thein Sein has been reflected in its low-key reaction to the landslide victory […]