Myanmar moves closer to China

It was Xi’s first trip of the year and the first in 19 years in which a Chinese head of state has visited Myanmar, and the trip is hailed as “historic” and “significant” for bilateral relations by China Daily.“Xi’s choice to visit Myanmar on his first overseas trip of the year demonstrates the profound pauk-phaw (fraternal) friendship between the two countries and serves as an example of China setting in motion the building of a community with a shared future for mankind in a neighbouring country,” said China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi at the close of the visit.