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Appendix: List of Interviewees

Code

Affiliation/background

Interview date

Interview place

Chinese company staff (C)

C01

A Chinese state-owned enterprise

August 2016

Yangon, Myanmar

C02

A Chinese state-owned enterprise

January 2016

Yangon

Code

Affiliation/background

Interview date

Interview place

Journalist (J)

J01

A local English media outlet

January 2016, January 2017

Yangon

J02

A local newspaper

December 2015

Yangon

J03

A local magazine

February 2017

Yangon

J04

A local magazine

December 2015

Yangon

J05

The Irrawaddy

July 2015

Chiang Mai, Thailand

J06

An international press

May 2015

Yangon

Code

Affiliation/background

Interview date

Interview place

CSO members and activists (N)

N01

A transnational environmental organisation

June 2015

Yangon

N02

A national development organisation

August 2015

Mandalay, Myanmar

N03

A national church organisation

May 2015

Yangon

N04

Ethnic Community Development Forum (Burma)

July 2015

Chiang Mai

N05

A Yangon-based political education organisation

May 2019

Yangon

N06

A Monywa-based community organisation

May 2019

Monywa, Sagaing Division, Myanmar

N07

88 Generation Peace and Open Society

July 2015, December 2015 and January 2017

Yangon

N08

A Kachin peacebuilding organisation

July 2015, December 2015, January 2017 and May 2019

Yangon

N09

An award-winning environmentalist

December 2015

Yangon

N10

A Mandalay-based environmental organisation

July 2015

Yangon

N11

A retired professor, University of Yangon

January 2016

Yangon

N12

A Karen human rights organisation

July 2015

Yangon

N13

A Kachin women’s organisation

June 2015

Myitkyina, Kachin State, Myanmar

N14

A Kachin development organisation

June 2015

Myitkyina

N15

A Kachin development organisation

June 2015

Myitkyina

N16

A Kachin church organisation

June 2015

Myitkyina

N17

A transnational Kachin women’s organisation

June 2015

Myitkyina

N18

A Yangon-based environmental network

January 2016

Yangon

N19

A Yangon-based gallery

December 2015

Yangon

N20

A Yangon-based cultural organisation

December 2015

Yangon

N21

A transnational non-governmental organisation on resource governance

December 2015

Yangon

N22

A Yangon-based organisation on sustainable development

April 2016

Yangon

N23

A Yangon-based organisation on sustainable development

March 2017

Yangon

N24

A national developmental organisation

March 2016

Yangon

N25

A national developmental organisation

July 2015

Mandalay

N26

A Mandalay-based environmental organisation

July 2015

Mandalay

N27

A Mandalay-based environmental organisation

July 2015

Mandalay

N28

A Yangon-based international non-governmental organisation

March 2017

Yangon

N29

A Mandalay-based environmental organisation

June 2015

Myitkyina

N30

A national writers’ organisation

January 2016

Naypyidaw, Myanmar

N31

A Kachin community-based organisation

June 2015

Myitkyina

N32

A Yangon-based policy advocacy organisation

January 2017

Yangon

N34

A Yangon-based political analyst

January 2017

Yangon

N33

A Kachin development organisation

July 2015

Yangon

N34

A national lawyers’ organisation

August 2015

not to disclose

N35

A Mandalay-based capacity-building organisation

July 2015

Mandalay

N36

A national public policy advocacy organisation

May 2015

Yangon

N37

A local activist

January 2016

Mandalay

N38

An independent researcher in resource governance

February 2017

Yangon

N39

A Monywa-based ad-hoc network

January 2016

Monywa

N40

An independent activist

January 2016

Monywa

N41

A Yangon-based environmental research institute

January 2016

Yangon

N42

A national lawyer organisation

May 2015

Yangon

N43

A pipeline watchdog

January 2016

Sittwe, Rakhine State, Myanmar

N44

A cross-border organisation on resource governance

July 2015

Chiang Mai

N45

A pipeline watchdog

January 2016

Sittwe

N46

Alternative ASEAN Network on Burma

January 2016

Bangkok, Thailand

N47

A pipeline watchdog

July 2015

Yangon

N48

A community-based organisation in Kyaukphyu

January 2016

Kyaukphyu, Rakhine State, Myanmar

N49

A pipeline watchdog

July 2015

Mandalay

N50

A community-based organisation in Magway Division

January 2016

Yangon

N51

A Rakhine social development organisation

January 2016

Sittwe

N52

A Rakhine women’s organisation

January 2016

Sittwe

N53

A pipeline watchdog

July 2015

Yangon

N54

A Kyaukphyu-based youth organisation

January 2016

Yangon

N55

A community-based organisation in Kyaukphyu

January 2016

Kyaukphyu

N56

A Rakhine social development organisation

January 2016

Sittwe

N57

A community-based organisation in Kyaukphyu

January 2016

Kyaukphyu

N58

An international human rights organisation

January 2017

Yangon

N59

A Yangon-based organisation on sustainable development

May 2019

Yangon

N60

An international foundation

May 2019

Yangon

N61

An organisation concerns responsible business

May 2019

Yangon

N62

A policy research institute

May 2019

Yangon

Code

Affiliation/background

Interview date

Interview place

Politicians, government officials and think tank analysts (P)

P01

The President’s Office

January 2016

Naypyidaw

P02

National League for Democracy

January 2017

Naypyidaw

P03

National League for Democracy

January 2017

Yangon

P04

National League for Democracy

January 2017

Yangon

P05

Arakan National Party

February 2017

Naypyidaw

P06

National League for Democracy

February 2017

Naypyidaw

P07

An ethnic party

February 2017

Naypyidaw

P08

A Yangon-based think tank on foreign policy

February 2016

Yangon

P09

A retired government official

April 2016

Yangon

P10

National League for Democracy

June 2015

Myitkyina

P11

National League for Democracy

June 2015

Myitkyina

P12

A retired senior government official

August 2016

Yangon

P13

National League for Democracy

April 2016

Yangon

P14

A retired government official

April 2016

Yangon

P15

Retired Manager, Union of Myanmar Economic Holdings

December 2015, January 2016 and April 2016

Yangon

P16

A Yangon-based think tank on peacebuilding

January 2016

Yangon

P17

A Yangon-based think tank on economic policy

January 2016

Naypyidaw

P18

A Yangon-based think tank on peacebuilding

February 2016

Yangon

P19

National League for Democracy

June 2015

Yangon

P20

A Yangon-based think tank on foreign policy

December 2015

Yangon

P21

National League for Democracy

May 2019

Monywa

P22

National League for Democracy

December 2015

Yangon

P23

National League for Democracy

May 2015

Yangon

P24

National League for Democracy

February 2017

Yangon

P25

Arakan National Party

December 2015

Yangon

P26

Arakan National Party

January 2016

Sittwe

P27

Arakan National Party

January 2016

Sittwe

P28

Arakan National Party

January 2016

Sittwe

P29

Arakan National Party

January 2016

Sittwe

P30

An ethnic party

February 2017

Naypyidaw

P31

A government official

August 2016

Yangon

Code

Affiliation/background

Interview date

Interview place

Villagers and workers (V)

V01

A copper mine worker

May 2019

Letpadaung copper mine, Sagaing Division, Myanmar

V02

A community-based organisation

June 2015

Myitkyina

V03

A community-based organisation

June 2015

Myitkyina

V04

villager in the Myitsone dam area

June 2015

Myitkyina

V05

A village leader

July 2015, May 2019

Letpadaung area

V06

A villager in the copper mine area

July 2015

Letpadaung area

V07

A villager in the copper mine area

January 2016

Letpadaung area

V08

A villager in the copper mine area

May 2019

Letpadaung area

V09

A villager in the copper mine area

May 2019

Letpadaung area

V10

A villager in the copper mine area

May 2019

Letpadaung area

V11

Mine Worker Federation of Myanmar

May 2019

Letpadaung area

V12

Mine Worker Federation of Myanmar

May 2019

Letpadaung area

V13

A villager in the copper mine area

May 2019

Letpadaung area

V14

A villager in the copper mine area

May 2019

Letpadaung area

V15

A community-based organisation on Maday Island

January 2016

Maday Island, Rakhine State, Myanmar

V16

A villager on Maday Island

January 2016

Maday Island

V17

A villager impacted by the China–Myanmar pipelines

July 2015

Kyaukphyu

V18

A villager on Maday Island

January 2016

Maday Island

V19

A villager on Maday Island

January 2016

Maday Island

V20

A villager impacted by the China–Myanmar pipelines

July 2015

Kyaukphyu


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