China, too, has endeavored for centuries to bind Burma to itself, mostly in search of a southern route to India and the Indian Ocean. In recent decades, China took advantage of the international community’s shunning of Burma to secure its own strategic interests, building highways, railways, ports, and pipelines that connect southern and western China to the Indian Ocean.
而中国几个世纪以来也想方设法把缅甸捆绑在自己的战车上，主要是为了寻找通往印度和印度洋的南部通道。在最近几十年中，中国利用国际社会对缅甸的孤立来为自己的战略利益服务，兴建了大量连接本国西部地区和印度洋的铁路，港口和输油管道。