"Reading news reports coming out of Myanmar, I am always taken with the debate over the impact of China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). Of particular interest are the new China-Myanmar economic corridor and the debate over its winners and losers, as well as the nature of China’s intentions behind the ambitious infrastructure project. Some commentators point out the sovereign risk associated with allowing China to build and participate in key infrastructure development in Myanmar. I argue that the BRI should be viewed as a “win-win” rather than as a threat or a form of predatory economics by which the Chinese can export their infrastructure construction model, which heavily relies on state-owned enterprises. This article is written by Andre Wheeler, a CEO of Asia Pacific Connex, with more than 25 years of experience in international business and he is working on his doctorate on the impact of the Belt and Road Initiative on infrastructure and logistics in Asean. It first appeared on Myanmar Times under a Creative Commons License and is reproduced here with the author’s permission..."