ocr: Burma's key relationship is with China. The latter has consistently backed the SLURC military regime andis a major supplier of weapons to the 33U,UUU-strong Burmese army. The relationship is symbiotic, allowing China access to the Indian Ocean and giving it great intluence over a regime partly dependent on: its support. Burma's neighbors regard the arrangement as one whichis seriously destabilizing the whole Asia-Pacific region. Western governments have been active in the UN and EUin condemning the human rights abuses ofthe regime, andin 1991 Aung San Suu Ryi received the Nobel. Peace Prize fo ...
