"Myanmar has seen numerous violent uprising in recent decades (Smith, 2007; Sadan, 2016). Ceasefire agreements have been struck with a number of armed actors but these have been focused on economic development, rather than on resolving political grievances. The underlying notion guiding this strategy has been that weak economic development rather than poor governance or lack of political inclusion lies at the heart of local opposition (Brenner, 2017). Incentivised by the plentiful natural resources present in conflict-affected, minority-ethnic dominated states, Chinese ventures have dominated investments in these areas. One of the more spectacular infrastructure projects funded by a Chinese company is the Myitsone Dam in Kachin State, on which work was suspended in 2011 following public protest (Kiik, 2016b; Kirchherr, Charles and Walton, 2017)..."