In a bid to further boost trade with China and address the increasing demand for transport and infrastructure, Myanmar is implementing a Central Economic Zone in the border town of Muse, project officials announced last Tuesday. Following a series of economic and democratic tax reforms intended to encourage foreign direct investment, Myanmar saw FDI increase from US$300 million in 2009-10 to US$20 billion in 2010-11 and a resulting rise in GDP rate from 5 percent in 2009 to 6 percent in 2012. ...