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Re:India bans MasterCard from adding new customers by actuator on Wednesday July 14, 2021 @12:39PM (#27835066)
Afaik, Myanmar is not a hostile country. Neither the elected government nor the military dictatorship has animosity at the state level.
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Re:India bans MasterCard from adding new customers by anticodon on Wednesday July 14, 2021 @04:20PM (#27837914)
China and India are not friends. China needs Myanmar because it would allow it to transfer its goods faster and cheaper: no need to go around through Strait of Malacca.

If pro-China government is installed in Myanmar it means that it automatically becomes hostile to India.

Controlling trade routes explains many wars and coups.

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Re:India bans MasterCard from adding new customers by gpm on Wednesday July 14, 2021 @01:57PM (#27836091)
To be honest I know next to nothing about Myanmar<->India relations. Everyone has been suggesting that the new Myanmar government is closely related to China, so I was substituting in the China<->India relations.
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Re:India bans MasterCard from adding new customers by 0xcafecafe on Wednesday July 14, 2021 @01:43PM (#27835862)
Right now yes. However any neighboring country with a recent coup doesn't fill you with confidence.
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