Charting Myanmar’s Course Through US-China Tensions

Ye Ni: Welcome to Dateline Irrawaddy! This week, we’ll discuss Myanmar’s foreign policy amid tensions between China and the US. Former Information Minister [in the U Thein Sein government] U Ye Htut has joined me to discuss this. I’m The Irrawaddy Burmese editor Ye Ni. As everyone knows, there was a war of words on social media between the US and Chinese embassies recently. US embassies in six Southeast Asian countries attacked China, accusing China of undermining the sovereignty of its neighbors, citing China’s activities in the South China Sea.