Inflection EP20: China Builds Up ASEAN, the US Bullies it…

While the Western media insists China is a threat to global peace and prosperity, an objective look at China’s role in ASEAN development versus US coercion, political sedition, and even proxy conflict reveals the true threat to both Asia and the rest of the world.

Inflection is a weekly show featuring Angelo Giuliano and Brian Berletic, discussing recent headlines and in-depth discussion of topics shaping the shift from West to East and unipolarism to multipolarism.

References:

***Laos***

Xinhua – Bullet train for China-Laos railway arrives in Vientiane:
http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/asia…

Vientiane Times – New project to strengthen management of educational institutions (USAID):
https://www.vientianetimes.org.la/fre…

Vientiane Times – Technical inspection of Laos-China railway begins:
https://www.vientianetimes.org.la/fre…

Vientiane Times – Huawei Laos “Seeds for the Future 2021” project ends successfully with inspiring closing ceremony:
https://www.vientianetimes.org.la/fre…

Geopolitical Monitor – Can China’s Belt and Road Open Up Landlocked Laos?:
https://www.geopoliticalmonitor.com/c…

Geopolitical Monitor – Fact Sheet: Kunming-Singapore High Speed Rail Network:
https://www.geopoliticalmonitor.com/f…

Harvard University, Atlas Of Economic Complexity – Laos 2019 (85% of Laos export are with 3 countries: Thailand 39%/China 36%/Vietnam 10%):
https://atlas.cid.harvard.edu/explore…

RFA – Laos and its Dams: Southeast Asia’s Battery, Built by China:
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/spec…

DW – Laos is not a cozy place for NGOs:
https://www.dw.com/en/laos-is-not-a-c…

***Myanmar***

Channel News Asia – How will China’s New Silk Road shape Myanmar’s economy? | The New Silk Road | Full Episode:
https://youtu.be/-Bk5jppEN1o

Bangkok Post – Summit snub a good move (op-ed):
https://www.bangkokpost.com/opinion/o…

Reuters – Singapore has financial leverage to pressure Myanmar – U.S. official:
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pa…

US National Endowment for Democracy – Burma (2020):
https://www.ned.org/region/asia/burma…

United Nations Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner – Tom Andrews, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar:
https://www.ohchr.org/en/hrbodies/sp/…

The World – Myanmar Elections: A Changing Country and its Exiled Opponents (2012, re: Aung San Suu Kyi’s government in exile being located outside Washington DC, USA):
https://www.pri.org/stories/2012-03-3…

National Unity Government – Homepage:
https://www.nugmyanmar.org/en/

National Unity Government – Zin Mar Aung profile:
https://mofa.nugmyanmar.org/union-min…

US National Endowment for Democracy – Ms. Zin Mar Aung:
https://www.ned.org/fellows/ms-zin-ma…

Myanmar Now – Air KBZ engineer dies in prison after being accused of tampering with passenger planes:
https://www.myanmar-now.org/en/news/a…

Myanmar Now – Junta municipal and tax offices bombed in Mandalay (2021):
https://www.myanmar-now.org/en/news/j…

Myanmar Now – After a bold attack, PDF fighters consider their next move:
https://www.myanmar-now.org/en/news/a…