GOOD MORNING MYANMAR…
December 16th, 2009
If you want to be a superpower like the United States, you have to have access to energy like the U.S. It’s no coincidence that Great Britain was the world power in the 19th century when coal was king. In the 21st century, renewable energy may rule, but for now, countries on the up swing still need fossil fuels.
From The Daily Star:
In a conclusive move, Myanmar decided to sell its newly discovered offshore gas to China, dashing Indian and Bangladeshi hopes. It is only recently that Bangladesh showed its interest in reviving the Myanmar-Bangladesh-India tri-nation gas pipeline talk with its neighbours, which perhaps came from the realisation that it would bring economic benefit through transporting gas to India, and also through importing gas from Myanmar.
For Banglasesh, the natural gas was a nice-to-have, but China and India are nuclear super-power wannabes and this is a big win for China.
[...] noted here before the growing chummery between China and Myanmar. That the military dicators of the latter would like [...]