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16 See, for example, `Local Warlords Holding the Keys to Reform', Straits Times , 1 June 2001.
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18 See Mary P. Callahan, `Democracy in Burma: The Lessons of History', National Bureau of Asian Research , vol. 9, no. 3, 1998, pp. 5-26.
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19 For details of Zhang Wannian's visit, see Xinhua reports in the April 1996 issues of FBIS-CHI.
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20 For details of Maung Aye's visit, see Xinhua reports in the October 1996 issues of FBIS-CHI.
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21 `China, Burma Said To Sign Military Cooperation Accord', Hong Kong AFP, 22 January 1997, FBIS-CHI-97-014.
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22 See Andrew Selth, `Burma and the Strategic Competition Between China and India', Journal of Strategic Studies , vol. 19, no. 2, June 1996, pp. 213-230.
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23 Democratic Voice of Burma, 30 June 2000, in SWB/FE/3883/B/1; `Burmese Leader Fails Chinese Test', Far Eastern Economic Review , 31 August 2000, pp. 10-11.
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24 `Study with Burma on Water Transport Route', in Zhongguo Xinwen She , 4 March 1997, FBIS-CHI-97-063; `Yunnan Ready to Develop New Trade Route to Indian Ocean', Xinhua, 5 May 1997, FBIS-CHI-97-125.
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25 International Mekong Research Network (IMRN), Item 20/2001. Further details of the IRMN are available at http://www.anu.edu.au/asianstudies/mekong/.
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26 `Burmese Newspaper Begins Publishing in Chinese Language', Xinhua, 4 November 1998, FBIS-CHI-98-308.
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27 `Sino-Burmese Trade at $381.1 Million, up 21.56 Percent', Xinhua, 8 April 1999, FBIS-CHI-1999-0407.
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28 `Burma-PRC Trade Up 10 Percent', Xinhua, 19 October 1999, FBIS-CHI-1999-1018.
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29 `Burma to Add More Border Trade Points', Xinhua, 22 June 1999, FBIS-CHI-199-0622; `PRC, Burma Enjoy Steady Development of Ties', Xinhua, 5 June 2000, FBIS-CHI-2000-0605.
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30 `Resurgent China Draws Neighbours into Its Orbit', Asia Wall Street Journal , 13 July 2000.
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31 See `Thailand: Foreign Ministers “Firmly” Support Burma's ASEAN Entry', Hong Kong AFP, 29 April 1997, FBIS-EAS-97-119; `Thailand: Philippine Ambassador Defends Burma's ASEAN Entry', Bangkok Post , 11 June 1997, FBIS-EAS-97-162.
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32 `Myanmar and China: But Will the Flag Follow Trade', The Economist , 8 October 1994, pp. 31-32.
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35 Kyodo News Service, 27 June 2000, SWB/FE/3879/B/1.
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37 See `... But Stay on Guard: India Keeps Up Its Bengal Baywatch', Far Eastern Economic Review , 16 July 1998, p. 21; `Burma Completes Military Buildup', Hong Kong AFP, 19 May 1999, FBIS-EAS-1999-0518.
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38 `India Army Chief Visits Myanmar', Straits Times , 5 July 2000.
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39 `Burmese Leader Says Country Will Not Tolerate Any Loss of Territory', TV Myanmar, Rangoon, in Burmese, 22 May 2001.
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41 See report on the so-called `Chilston-2' meeting in Seoul in March 2000 in `Inside “Secret” Meetings: The Chilston Conferences To Engage Yangon', Asiaweek , 31 March 2000, p. 30.