


officials believed the Burmese commanders might have been emboldened by the false claims of fraud in the U.S. Trump, who refused to admit his election defeat and reportedly incited the Capitol riots, might be the Myanmar military's inspiration," it wrote.ĬBS News asked on the Tuesday call if, given the Myanmar military's claims to have acted in response to election fraud, the U.S. president Donald Trump, whose combative approach to Beijing had plunged U.S.-China ties to their lowest in decades. The paper - known for its fiery commentaries against China's critics - also used the occasion to take a pop at former U.S. The nationalist Global Times meanwhile quoted unnamed experts as saying the generals' power-grab could be seen as "an adjustment to the country's dysfunctional power structure." The statement almost echoed remarks posted online later by Myanmar's military rulers, who described their takeover as "inevitable." Supporters of the military takeover of Myanmar's government wave national and military flags, February 2, 2021, in Yangon, Myanmar. In its softly-softly approach, Beijing called for all parties in Myanmar to "resolve their differences," and the official Xinhua news agency on Monday described the military replacing elected ministers after the coup as a "major cabinet reshuffle."
