China's Security Posture in the Mekong

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The first participation since the coup d'état of 1 February 2021 by General Min Aung Hlaing, head of the Burmese military junta, at the summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (OCS) in Tianjin, went largely unnoticed in the media landscape. Conversely, the inauguration, in April 2025, of the Ream base, renovated thanks to Chinese financing, has attracted much attention from the press. These two events, although distinct, reflect the same…