Then there is the Bay of Bengal, where Chinese infrastructure investment is set to transform the backward Myanmar seaside town of Kyaukpyu and the surrounding region by tapping offshore gas fields and constructing a pipeline to Yunnan Province in southern China. These initiatives reflect not only China’s voracious drive for natural resources and new trade routes, but also Myanmar’s own plans to create a “mini-Singapore” within its borders.
还有孟加拉湾，中国基础设施投资将在缅甸海滨小城皎漂（Kyaukpyu）建立离岸油田，并建设通往云南省的输油管道，从而改变皎漂及其周边地区的落后面貌。这些工程不但反映了中国对自然资源和新贸易路线的无尽胃口，也是缅甸自身建设国内“小新加坡”的计划。