05 Sep 2025

Myanmar-China infrastructure deals, rare earths in focus on sidelines of SCO Summit

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One unexpected winner at this week’s Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit?

Myanmar junta chief Min Aung Hlaing.

The general – who seized power in a 2021 coup – landed face time with both Xi Jinping and Indian President Narendra Modi.

Xi pressed him to accelerate China-Myanmar Economic C...