Commentary China needs energy, petrol, and gas, as well as forest and mineral products. Burma’s junta, which controls the forests and minerals, needs money and the Chinese regime is happy to buy. Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi has been the democratic hope for Burma (also known as Myanmar) for decades. After years of house arrest, her National League for Democracy Party (NLDP) was finally permitted to participate in a democratic election in 2015, which they won by a landslide. In 2020, Suu Kyi won reelection by an even larger margin, but was arrested shortly after, when a military coup seized control of the government. Now, in need of money and facing Western sanctions, the coup is expanding its business with China. Historically, some of Burma’s largest exports have been forest products, minerals, and gems, and China has been their largest trade partner. Much of the deforestation in Burma is …