Myanmar COVID-19 Recovery Plan Won't Favor China's BRI Projects, Official Says irrawaddy.com

When Myanmar announced its seven-point economic relief plan to mitigate the economic impact of COVID-19 in late April, one item immediately raised eyebrows among China analysts in the country. The initiative?s third main objective is stated as ?Easing the Impacts on Laborers and Workers?, and one of the ways the government intends to achieve this is putting laid-off laborers and returning migrants to work on ?Implementation of Labor-Intensive Community Infrastructure Projects? before the end of this year.