state is rich with jade, gold, tropical hardwood and hydropower
potential—in which China has already invested billions, feeding a
construction boom in Yunnan province.
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Well let's see, the West doesn't want to invest in Burma because you
are a bunch of barbarians who love to kill each other and occasionally
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could very well prevent the real, important, sanctions to be lifted,
and even if it were lifted few Westerners would want to invest in
far-away and violent Burma that doesn't have oil.
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The Chinese (and other Asians like the Thai and Koreans) are corrupt
enough to invest in ultra-corrupt and ultra-barbaric Burma, but you
don't want them there.
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So what's the solution? Keep killing the Rohingyas and "seize and
repatriate" all Chinese investments to give back to the Burmese! If it
worked for Robert Mugabe against the white people in Zimbabwe, it'll
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By the way, you'll notice that the West does not have sanctions on many
"resource rich" African countries, and yet invests very little there.
Why? Because of geography. The cost of transportation of minerals just
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start a Microsoft or Apple there.) That leaves Burma with two potential
buyers/investors, which are India and China. Throw in a Thailand and
you may get to three, but oh wait the Burmese also hate the Thais (and
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destitution. The Koreans, Thai-Chinese businessmen, Singaporeans,
Chinese have all invested heavily in Myanmar, but unfortunately its not
enough.
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popular opinion by seizing and "repatriating" all yellow people
investments in Burma.

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terms, and Burma should be looking to the outside world for trade and
commerce, for investments, not looking inwards although self
reliance/self sufficiency must be the principal goal. And it doesn't
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standard of openness is much higher than it was 40 years ago. Reform
members of the Junta, know that to attract foreign investment you have
to match the likes of Thailand/Philippines in terms of Foreign
investment law in a short amount of time. Myanmar is not China, it
can't dictate terms, I am sorry its just not big enough. It will be a
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the West imposed sanctions, in 1996 the West made up 60% of the foreign
investment in Myanmar. So it was not just Japan, Asia, etc. it will
take a long time before they are completely lifted. With the US its has
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during the 1970-80s. Started in the mid 1980s he started to liberalize
the economy and promote foreign investment. In the early 1980s there
were already Western hotel chains, and soon followed by Western fast
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undercurrent of nationalism stands out in the generals’ approach to
foreign investment compared with the Chinese one. The Burmese conundrum
is a more complex one with more compounding factors than Indonesia.
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greedy hence necessarily myopic stance over its neighbour. It has so
far been investing in a lasting animosity on the part of the entire
Burmese nation. Upper Burma is simmering with resentment against the