When Chinese President Xi Jinping welcomed Myanmar coup-maker Senior General Min Aung Hlaing to Beijing on June 15 with full state-visit honors — Huawei phone gift included — the choreography was meant to read as consolidation. Five days later, when UN Special Envoy Julie Bishop stood at the General Assembly and used the titles “President […] The post China’s bear hug won’t save Myanmar’s Min Aung Hlaing appeared first on Asia Times .