"Myanmar?s two largest neighbours are seeking stability for their major infrastructure projects in Rakhine State... India last December pledged US$25 million over the next five years to the ?restoration of normalcy” in Rakhine, and is currently involved in a project to build 1,500 housing units there. India and China both have infrastructure projects important to their own domestic interests underway in Rakhine. India late last month signed an operational agreement on a port in Sittwe, the capital of Rakhine, that will allow vital access to its far northeastern states. Just 100km south of that port project, China operates an oil and gas pipeline extending from the Bay of Bengal to Kunming..."