Topics: Conflict, Development, Foreign Relations, Rakhine State, Rohingya...China resisted stronger involvement by the UN council in addressing Myanmar?s crisis. In March, China, together with Russia, blocked a brief UNSC statement when the 15-member body met to discuss the situation in Rakhine state...hina continues to provide diplomatic protection to Myanmar as some Western nations press the government and military on the Rakhine issue. More than ever, China has remained a key ally to the government and Daw Aung San Suu Kyi—who?s support in the West is now lukewarm at best. China?s motives in backing Myanmar are said to include a desire to expand its foothold in Myanmar and acting to limit Western influence spreading among its neighbors. As a major investor in Myanmar, China is looking for a seaport in Kyaukphyu, Rakhine State, on the Bay of Bengal—the country clearly has strategic interest in the Indian Ocean..."