The incoming administration must introduce better accountability mechanisms and international standards for projects undertaken by Chinese companies, according to observers.
YANGON: One of the key issues for Myanmar's incoming new government will be how it deals with some unpopular Chinese infrastructure projects in the country.
One of the most controversial construction developments in Myanmar is the Myitsone Dam project in the country's troubled northern state of Kachin. In 2011, construction on the hydropower dam was halted due to fierce protests by the locals.
The Myitsone Dam project is not the only China-led development that Myanmar citizens are bitterly opposed to. Other projects that have incurred the ire of locals are the Letpadaung Copper Mine and the Myanmar-Yunnan railway connecting Myanmar’s western coast to China. (Courtesy of Channel News Asia)
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