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Motorists make their way past a large crack in the ground along Myo Patt Road linking Mandalay and Sagaing Township on the outskirts of Mandalay, Burma, on April 2, 2025, five days after a major earthquake struck central Burma. Sai Aung Main/AFP via Getty Images
As Burma (also known as Myanmar) reels from a devastating earthquake, communist China is quietly tightening its grip—arming the junta, blocking aid, and using the crisis as an opportunity to advance Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s global domination agenda.
Antonio Graceffo, Ph.D., is a China economy analyst who has spent more than 20 years in Asia. Graceffo is a graduate of the Shanghai University of Sport, holds an MBA from Shanghai Jiaotong University, and studied national security at American Military University.