most of the so-called "experts" are so engaged with the "how"s that its totally beyond them to understand the "why"s.... e.g. everyone started talking about what a Type 035G sub can do or can't do.... but totally clouded their vision about why Bangladesh chose to buy it....
this is a typical sign of intellectual bankruptcy.... just previously, I was taken to task for asking for the thought behind the use of systems in a warship.... people talked so much about the systems that they simply forgot the thought that created the need for those systems in the first place.... they are completely ignorant about the fact that without that need, the ships wouldn't even need those systems!!
damn!!.... people are shallow..... no wonder they ask - "Why This Indian Neighbour Decided To Buy 2 Submarines From China"!!!...... that's a chocolate boy question!! .....we don't even receive a decent question now-a-days!!!!
presenting some evidence here regarding Myanmar's inherent weaknesses and their obvious dependency on foreign powers....
the recent entry of the US and India in Myanmar started a new phenomenon that wasn't there previously.... the American and Indian plan to cut off China's alternative oil-gas route through the breadth of Myanmar (e.g. creating unrest in Rakhaine province) made China react through their increased support for the rebel groups....
but ultimately unrest in Myanmar affects the rise of a powerful state in the Bay of Bengal..... and that serves the geopolitical objectives of the US.... the US want status quo in the Bay of Bengal through the establishment of India as the de-facto controller of BoB, with Myanmar as possible Indian proxy or at least not against India....