29.09.2020
Professor Julien Chaisse, an associate member of RCCL, explains that Myanmar is a step closer to allowing companies to challenge a bid from China Communications Construction Company (CCCC) to build the behemoth New Yangon City project. The so-called Swiss challenge will give the Southeast Asian nation the opportunity to demonstrate transparency in its public procurement, an important signal to investors given the sanctions it has faced over the military crackdown of Rohingya in 2017. For further details, see “Myanmar moves step closer to new bids on China-backed belt and road project”, Bangkok Post, 9 September 2020 <https://www.bangkokpost.com/business/1982571/myanmar-moves-step-closer-to-new-bids-on-china-backed-belt-and-road-project>.
