ocr: Most current construction projects are linkedto the booming China-Burma border trade, the majority of which was legalizedin 1989.01d bridges androads (including the famous Burma, Ledo and Silk Roads, all key routes into China) are being renewed and new ones built with Chinese aid which will make it easier to distribute key products, including opium. However, the motives for their construction are military - as well as commercial. The state has recently relaxedits monopoly of transportation: since 1988, private bus companies have had licenses to operate. Air andrail routes remain under governme ...
