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The Eastern Window: With rising Chinese influence, Myanmar can emerge as a grave security risk

Saibal Dasgupta   •

India’s decision to set up a 1600-km fence along the Myanmar border is not merely meant to check the free flow of insurgents, arms and narcotics. It is also driven by concerns about China’s growing footprint in Myanmar which can be a security threat in coming years 

As violent clashes grew in Manipur, the government decided last February to scrap the India-Myanmar Free Movement Regime (FMR), which previously allowed residents living near the border to cross 16 km into each other's territory without documentation

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