New Geopolitical Strategy Under The Sino-burmese Relationship

Myanmar is one of the important neighboring countries of China. Since establishing diplomatic relations, two countries established friendly bilateral relationship, in terms of long-term stability, future oriented, good neighborliness and comprehensive cooperation.With the increasingly fierce competition among countries around the world, geo-strategic factor plays an extremely important role in foreign-policy-making in all countries. Myanmar, having a superior geographic location on Indo-China Peninsula, is gradually becoming the land that major countries scramble for.Myanmar has significant strategic value to China as well, especially Geo-strategic value. Relying on Myanmar’s geographical superiority, it makes China’s India Ocean strategy possible and finds an important breach to break through the siege that the United States established in order to prevent China’s development. It is beneficial to form a diversification of oil transportation channel and to protect the security of energy supply of China. Meanwhile, it is conductive to create peaceful surroundings for China, promoting development of economy and society of the southwest border region to implement the China’s Western Development Program. After Myanmar’s election, China will keep and deepen the friendly and win-win relationship, which can help China to change the image in international community and to enhance China’s international standing. At the same time, China and Myanmar are developing alternative plants to opium to reduce or even completely solve the problem of Myanmar’s opium plants and sales, and to provide a peaceful environment for China’s economic and social development.Analysis of the Myanmar’s geo-strategic value and the basic characteristics of the surrounding geographical environment of China can help China to make appropriate strategic decisions, especially the geo-strategy decisions. It plays a significant role for building socialist harmonious society at the same time.