As the first election phase concludes, Beijing is leveraging the polls to assert dominance over regional affairs, experts say.
Election Commission officials prepare at a polling station inside a school ahead of the general election in Thingangyun Township, Yangon, Burma, on Dec. 27, 2025. Reuters
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Analysis
As Burma’s first election phase wraps up, observers say Beijing is seizing on the isolated regime’s desperation to secure strategic gains while turning a blind eye to the junta’s slaughter of civilians.
Jarvis Lim is a Taiwan-based writer focusing on human rights, U.S.–China relations, China’s economic and political influence in Southeast Asia, and cross-strait relations.
