Myanmar’s junta vows to defend China-backed copper mine after PDF threats — Radio Free Asia

An excavator works on a section of the Letpadaung copper mine site in Sagaing region's Salingyi township, in a file photo. Credit: RFA

Myanmar’s junta has vowed to defend a suspended Chinese copper mine, seen as a key source of revenue for the military regime, after the country’s armed opposition threatened to destroy the project if owners resume operations. The Letpadaung copper mine in Sagaing’s Salingyi township is a joint venture between China’s state-owned Wanbao Co. and the

With US-ASEAN summit postponed, 4 top diplomats travel to China — Radio Free Asia

A file photo showing ASEAN foreign ministers posing with China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi  at a meeting in Vientiane, Laos, about the COVID-19 pandemic, Feb. 20, 2020. Credit: Reuters

4 Southeast Asian foreign ministers are traveling to China today while a U.S.-ASEAN summit that was because of occur in Washington appears to have been delayed forever, prompting Chinese state media to carp that the area prefers to speak with China rather of the U.S. Chinas Foreign Ministry announced on Monday that the top diplomats

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