Myanmar, China ink deals to accelerate Belt and Road

Chinese President Xi Jinping and Myanmar state counselor Aung San Suu Kyi signed 33 agreements on Saturday (January 18) in a bid to speed up infrastructure projects in the Southeast Asian nation. The agreements are part of the flagship Belt and Road Initiative, China's vision of new trade routes described as a "21st century silk road".Both countries also agreed to speed up the implementation of the China Myanmar Economic Corridor, a giant infrastructure scheme worth billions of dollars.Xi's visi