Introduction: "One of the key features of the Sino-Myanmar relationship since 1988 has been the growing bilateral cooperation in the areas of trade, aid or development assistance, and investment. Since 1988, China has become one of the most important sources of trade and development assistance for Myanmar. Though overall investment volumes are small, a hallmark of Chinese investment in Myanmar is its heavy concentration in a few strategic sectors. The pattern of the Sino-Myanmar economic relationship has reflected what the "Modern World System" theorists call "centre-periphery" relations: the wealth flows from the periphery to the centre and the authority or influence flows from the centre to the periphery."