Jammu, Feb. 27 -- While China needs to work with Myanmar, the generals make for uneasy bedfellows in a relationship that has had a long and turbulent history.

Earlier this month, the world was shocked when Myanmar's military junta led by the military's commander-in-chief, Min Aung Hlaing, overthrew the democratically elected Aung San Suu Kyi and took the country back to the days of military dictatorship. The surprise move led many to speculate on the timing of the coup and the declaration of a year-long state of emergency. Clearly, the recent elections played a role - Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy (NLD), advocating a platform of constitutional reform that would rein in the role of the military, had just won the electio...