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Article: Rangoon unfazed by threat of sanctions; Counts on India, China for trade.(WORLD)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- June 9, 2003
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Byline: Richard S. Ehrlich, THE WASHINGTON TIMES
BANGKOK - Burma is counting on its neighbors China and India to blunt any new sanctions amid attempts in the United States and Europe to punish the nation for its detention of opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
Burma's leader, Gen. Than Shwe, and its foreign minister, Win Aung, personally laid the groundwork for cooperation with the governments and 2 billion people in China and India.
Burma is wedged between the two giants and has a coveted, ship-friendly coast along the Bay of Bengal stretching from Bangladesh to Thailand.
"There is no evidence we are worried about sanctions. Not that ...