Chinese Investment and Myanmar’s Shifting Political La

China has targeted Myanmar’s resources to enhance and provide resources for its economic growth. Chinese investment in Myanmar intensified in the mid-2000s and has continued to increase. The largest increase in approved and actual Chinese FDI over the years has taken place in the energy, oil and gas, and mining sectors. Dramatic changes to contracts are more likely to take place with Chinese, and other, corporations that are involved in large-scale rather than small-scale projects. The changing political circumstances, with Myanmar no longer being reliant on a handful of countries for strategic and financial support and the necessity of taking into account the wishes of its electorate, means that the political landscape has shifted under the feet of stakeholders.