Is Myanmar the Next China?

At first glance, the idea that Myanmar is a "next China" should strike most readers as absurd. Myanmar's population of less than 60 million is not even 5 percent of China's. Most of the people are farmers and don't even have a light bulb to read by because they aren't connected to the aging electrical grid. Even factories in the commercial capital of Yangon only have electricity five hours a day. Most people are subsistence farmers who would consider themselves lucky to own an ox.