Episode Details

With Amara Thiha, non-resident fellow with the China Program at the Stimson Center. This fortnight on episode 63 of What's Happening in Myanmar, the military's election conclude to China's approval, with coup leader Min Aung Hlaing enacting a new law to extend the military's oversight of the soon-to-be-formed, military-designed civilian administration.

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Timecodes—

(00:00) Opening

(02:05) Conflict and civilian attacks over election period

(03:40) With Seng, the ongoing case at the ICJ

(03:54) Military elections conclude

(04:48) The new Union Advisory Council Law

(05:50) With Amara Thiha, the new law

(10:18) China's interests

(24:46) China and revolution

(27:18) Thailand elections and approach

(34:36) Close

Our guests—

Amara Thiha, non-resident fellow with the China Program at the Stimson Centre How China Carved Up Myanmar: Beijing's Strategy to Create Stability Through Dependence Myanmar's December Election: Engineering Continuity Through Institutional Redesign

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