China’s President Xi Jinping speaks during a bilateral meeting with junta chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing ahead of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Summit in the Chinese city of Tianjin on August 30, 2025. (AFP)

Is Min Aung Hlaing looking over both shoulders?

Can the Myanmar junta navigate its way in a nascent new world order, with great powers like China and the United States asserting their control over their “areas of influence”?

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