China seeks up to 85 percent stake in strategic #port in #Myanmar – gCaptain
▻http://gcaptain.com/china-seeks-85-percent-stake-strategic-port-myanmar
China is looking to take a stake of up to 85 percent in a strategically important sea port in Myanmar, according to documents reviewed by Reuters, in a move that could heighten tensions over China’s growing economic clout in the country.
Beijing has been pushing for preferential access to the deep sea port of #Kyauk_Pyu on the Bay of Bengal, as part of its ambitious “#One_Belt_ One_Road” infrastructure investment plan to deepen its links with economies throughout Asia and beyond.
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Well-placed sources told Reuters last month that China had signaled it was willing to abandon the controversial $3.6 billion Myitsone dam project in Myanmar, but would be looking in return for concessions on other strategic opportunities in the Southeast Asian nation – including the Bay of Bengal port.
Kyauk Pyu is important for China because the port is the entry point for a Chinese oil and gas pipeline which gives it an alternative route for energy imports from the Middle East that avoids the Malacca Straits, a shipping chokepoint.
Pour le moment, le port en eau profonde à l’air plutôt embryonnaire…
▻https://www.google.fr/maps/place/Kyaukpyu,+Myanmar+(Birmanie)/@19.4173657,93.5251327,8398m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x30ba0f3a71728015:0xcc8c0c1341c5be03!8m2!3d19.421202
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