152 Chinese get life term in Myanmar straining relations with China

[Recursion]

Source: Times of India

China is raging after a court in northern Myanmar sentenced 152 Chinese nationals to life imprisonment for violating the law against destroying public properties. Most of them have been accused by the government prosecutor of illegal logging despite persistent pressure from Beijing against such a move.

The incident, which comes after Myanmar government's decision to stop some Chinese projects including a hydroelectricity dam, is expected to affect relations between the two countries ahead of general elections in Myanmar, sources said.

Illegal logging, a lot of which involve loggers from neighboring countries like China and Thailand, has been going on in Myanmar for many years.

But observers notice political overtones in the government's decision to prosecute so many Chinese loggers just two months after Beijing hosted and publicly praised Myanmar's opposition leader, Aung San Suu Kyi.

Read more: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/china/152-Chinese-get-life-term-in-Myanmar-straining-relations-with-China/articleshow/48193211.cms

[secondwind]

1. Wow... We were just planning a trip to Myanmar and Vietnam in January 2016.... maybe

we should wait and see what happens here..

[Joe Chi Minh]

2. Could be the junta will meet their nemesis. China is not a lone

dissident they can push around.

[davidpdx]

3. I thought this part was worthy of posting

Chinese officials claim the loggers had been tricked into carrying out the logging. Some of them have government permission for logging as well, they said.

Ok, how do you trick people in to carrying out logs?

Before the verdict, Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Lu Kang said on Wednesday said China is highly concerned with the verdict, and asked Myanmar government to take China's concern seriously, take every factor into account and properly handle the case. The ministry asked Myanmar to "consider the actual situation of those loggers and deal with the matter in a lawful, reasonable and sensible way".

China is asking another country to take their concerns seriously. Hmmm...have they listened to other countries? How about the concerns of South Korea, the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Vietnam on their claim to the entire South China Sea (including areas that are within the boundaries of these countries)?

If you guess no, you would be correct.

Fuck you Lu Kang and fuck China!

[cosmicone]

4. One of Narendra Modi's succcesses...

Modi visited Myanmar earlier this year and Myanmar went from being pro-Beijing to pro-New Delhi with a rapid 180 deg turn.

Same thing is happening in Bangladesh and after India got regime change in Sri Lanka, the Chinese naval bases there are being dismantled.

Just a few months ago, Myanmar gave India permission to conduct cross-border raids to destroy China-funded terrorist camps. The terrorists have been causing trouble in NE India.

However, Pakistan remains a staunch ally for Chinese aggression in the region -- hopefully Balochistan will become independent in a few years and it will starve Pakistan.

Go Modi !!!!