Myanmar: A new theatre of rivalry in South Asia

    With the United States shifting the focus of its foreign policy to the Asia Pacific region, Myanmar has gained a tremendous strategic importance. This became clear when President Barack Obama had made Myanmar his first port of call after he assumed office in his second term. This is also the reason why Chinese President Xi Jinping had welcomed Aung San Suu Kyi, the leader of Myanmar’s National League for Democracy (NLD) to the Great Hall of the People in Beijing defying all diplomatic protocols.read  more http://www.vishwagujarat.com/international/myanmar-a-new-theatre-of-rivalry-in-south-asia/