China poses risk to Myanmar's reform | Bangkok Post: opinion

POLITICS

United States President Barack Obama visited Myanmar late last month, one of many milestones over the last year-plus of reforms for the once pariah state.

These reforms and the consequent improvement of US-Myanmar relations appear to be an unalloyed good.

In the past year, the government of Myanmar president Thein Sein has released many political prisoners, allowed progressively greater political participation by the democratic opposition, and made significant progress toward ending ethnic insurgencies that have troubled the country for decades.