Nan Lwin

Nan Lwin

Program Head, China Studies Program, Institute for Strategy and Policy-Myanmar

Nan Lwin is the program head of the China Studies Program at the Institute for Strategy and Policy-Myanmar, an independent, non-partisan and non-governmental think tank in Myanmar.

Demonstrators hold placards with pictures of Aung San Suu Kyi as they protest against the military coup in Yangon, Myanmar, 22 February 2021. (Stringer/File Photo/Reuters)
Politics

What do the official Chinese media’s mixed messages on the Myanmar coup mean?

By Su Mon Thazin Aung , By Nan Lwin 24 Aug 2022
China’s willingness to side with the Myanmar military and the SAC regime has been evident since the immediate aftermath of the February 2021 coup, despite its apparently mixed messages, say researchers Su Mon Thazin Aung and Nan Lwin. Through its state media, China has in fact consistently transmitted messages largely in favour of the military takeover of its smaller neighbour and sought to pin anti-Chinese sentiment in Myanmar on the West's moves.