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  1. Library Resource
    January, 2007
    China, Myanmar, Eastern Asia, Oceania

    While increasing attention has been paid to Chinese attempts to secure natural resources overseas, the case of Burma has often been overlooked. This background provides a summary of the operations of Chinese multinational corporations (MNCs) in Burma in the hydro, oil & gas, and mining sectors. The research finds that more than 26 Chinese multinational corporations (MNCs) are involved in more than 62 hydropower, oil & gas, and mining projects in Burma. The report describes the activities of Chinese MNCs in Burma which include the following:

  2. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    September, 2003
    Myanmar

    #039;Capitalizing on Conflict' presents information illustrating how trade in timber, gems,
    and gold is financing violent conflict, including widespread and gross human rights
    abuses, in Burma. Although trade in these “conflict goods” accounts for a small
    percentage of the total global trade, it severely compromises human security and
    undermines socio-economic development, not only in Burma, but throughout the
    region.
    Ironically, cease-fire agreements signed between the late 1980s and early 1990s

  3. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    February, 2007
    Myanmar

    Executive Summary: "This report describes how human rights and environmental abuses continue to be
    a serious problem in eastern Pegu division, Burma – specifi cally, in Shwegyin
    township of Nyaunglebin District. The heavy militarization of the region, the indiscriminate
    granting of mining and logging concessions, and the construction of
    the Kyauk Naga Dam have led to forced labor, land confi scation, extortion, forced
    relocation, and the destruction of the natural environment. The human consequences

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