The Scramble For A Piece of Burma
Author: Hannah Beech, Time, Published on: 19 March 2009
In return for oil, natural gas, timber, hydropower, gemstones, cash crops and a periodic table's worth of minerals, countries like China, India, Thailand, Malaysia and South Korea are propping up — and massively enriching — Burma's top brass. [refers to Daewoo, China National Petroleum, Asia World]
Related companies: China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) Daewoo International (part of Posco)