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Andre Wheeler
Andre Wheeler
Andre Wheeler is CEO of Asia Pacific Connex, with more than 25 years’ experience in international business. He is currently working towards his doctorate on the Impact of China's Belt and Road initiative on infrastructure and logistics in the Asean region.

Concerns over Myanmar falling into a Chinese ‘debt trap’ through the belt and road development plan can be assuaged by a committed effort by both parties to reach a mutually beneficial agreement.

Western critics of China’s multilateral infrastructure investment programme overlook the holistic and long-term benefits the belt and road brings to countries like Myanmar. What’s more, they aren’t offering any alternatives.

Mahathir’s cancellation of the high-speed rail connecting Malaysia and Singapore is a blow to the Lion City’s Belt and Road Initiative ambitions, but it still has a role to play.

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