u Myanmar’s Key Stakeholders and their Perceptions of Sino-Myanmar Relations – A survey

Myanmar’s Key Stakeholders and their Perceptions of Sino-Myanmar Relations – A Survey

One year after the 2021 military coup, ISP-Myanmar initiated a research survey of Myanmar’s Key Stakeholders and their Perceptions of Sino-Myanmar relations with technical support from the People’s Alliance for Credible Elections (PACE). The initiative aims to collect specific knowledge of key individuals from the Myanmar policy communities to identifiy similarities and differences in their views about the key factors shaping Sino-Myanmar relations. In particular, the study aims to comprehend the different interpretations of 1) the roles played by China in Myanmar’s political arena after the military coup, 2) the long-running deadlock in the peace process in which China remains involved, 3) the impacts of China’s investment and trade, 4) China-Myanmar Economic Corridor (CMEC) projects, and 5) humanitarian aid provided by China during Covid pandemic.

In addition, it also sets out to understand how various stakeholders in Myanmar perceive China’s efforts to develop its soft power and the prevalence of China produced technology (mobile phones, applications, and security threat of the electronic devices) in Myanmar.

The key stakeholders include civil society organizations, members of political parties, the business sector, scholars, activists, leaders of ethnic armed organizations (EAOs) and others well versed in China's political, economic and international affairs. ISP-Myanmar’s findings aim to contribute to the policy-making and program implementation of organizations involved in Sino-Myanmar relations.