Beijing has much at stake in Burma as the Southeast Asian country plunged into a political crisis after a military coup, according to OANN TV host and former Navy intelligence officer Jack Posobiec. “When it comes to the Burma situation…this is all about the reach and the stretch of the CCP’s [Chinese Communist Party] influence across not only in East Asia, the South China Sea, but now we’re seeing into Southeast Asia,” said Posobiec in an interview with The Epoch Times’ sister media NTD. On Jan. 31, Burma’s military seized control of the country by arresting the country’s top political leader Aung San Suu Kyi and hundreds of other lawmakers. The army said it carried out the coup because of alleged electoral fraud during the federal elections in November last year. Suu Kyi’s political party, National League for Democracy, had won by a landslide. The military placed Burmese army chief …
Beijing, Longtime Supporter of Burma, Watching Coup Situation Closely: Reporter
February 4, 2021
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