Research Sino-Myanmar Relations During The Thein Sein Administration

Since the independence of Myanmar in 1948,neutrality has become the core of the diplomatic strategy of the administration of Wu Nu and Ne winmyanmar administration.After the new military administration came to power in 1988,Myanmar's diplomacy turned into a “To be close to China and estranged from the U.S”,so that China and the Myanmar military administration to establish a more stable and intimate diplomatic relations between China and Myanmar in the political,economic,military,and another fields to achieve further development.At the beginning of the 21 st century,the Myanmar government began to try to reverse the domestic economy and political fatigue,the international strategy completely backward to China's situation.So Myanmar Domestic brewing reform in 2003,foreign relations with western countries began to ease.In 2011,under the control of the military group,the government of Thein Sein came to power,and Myanmar realized the last step of the “seven-step democratic road map”,opening the door to the transformation of democratic politics.At the same time,Myanmar's international policy has different characteristics from the past,the most significant point is that Myanmar and Western countries have made great progress in relations,and Sino-Burmese relationship are loose.This reacher argues that Myanmar's active engagement with Western countries is not the main reason for the loosening of Sino-Burmese relationship.The deficiencies of the enlarged democratic politics in Myanmar's political transformation are the key factors.The latter is more critical,mainly because some people in Myanmar who misunderstanding of democratic understanding,in the government” to the people” in the case,vulnerable to government opposition and Western countries to use,and thus to the government's responsibility,And China is closely related to the government is a breakthrough.As a result,China's large-scale investment or cooperation projects in Burma were forced to shut down under the obstruction of public opinion,have been leading to a rapid reduction in China's investment in Burma and a subtle change in political relations between the two countries.However,the Chinese government attaches great importance to Sino-Burmese relations,at the standpoint of upholding its position and adjusts the strategy of the Republic of China at any time to reflect the image of a responsible big country and lay the foundation for establishing a good relationship with Myanmar after its administration.This chapter is divided into five parts.The first chapter briefly summarizes the relationship between Myanmar's government and China after the independence of Myanmargovernment.The second chapter expounds the strategic value between China and Myanmar.The third chapter focuses on the period ofThein Sein administration China-Myanmar Relations(2011.03-2016.03),including the background ofThein Seinadministration China policy,Thein Sein administration policy toward China,the reality of Sino-Burmese relations in the period of Thein Sein administration,and so on.Chapter four discusses the characteristics of Sino-Burmese relations in the period ofThein Sein administration.