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Xi gets back to business in Myanmar
Chinese leader's rare single-country visit signals that days of frosty ties are long gone
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Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the presidential palace in Naypyitaw yesterday. Mr Xi is on a two-day visit to the country.
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Tan Hui Yee Indochina Bureau Chief In Bangkok, Tan Hui Yee
Sino-Myanmar relations turned frosty almost a decade ago when Naypyitaw, eager to engage the West, alienated its longstanding patron.
Chinese President Xi Jinping's rare single-country visit to Myanmar starting yesterday is a declaration that those days are long gone and Beijing is getting down to business again, say analysts.