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Bassein

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Bassein: see Pathein Pathein (pətēn`, –tān`) or Bassein
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, Myanmar.
Bassein
a city in Myanmar, on the Irrawaddy delta: a port on the Bassein River (the westernmost distributary of the Irrawaddy). Pop.: 231 000 (2005 est.)


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26) Even in the early 1990s the Indians, the Thais and the Japanese expressed anxiety over Chinese intentions in building up the Burmese navy and air force and apparent close naval cooperation between China and Burma, especially on Hanggyi Island in the estuary of the Irrawaddy River near Bassein naval base and the Great Coco Island 300 kilometres south of the Burmese mainland.
This project is part of ONGC's Vasai East Development expansion of the Bassein East oil field situated east of the existing South Bassein gas field, 50 miles north-west of Mumbai.
China reportedly expressed interest in a position at Bassein in the Irrawaddy delta, and had apparently obtained access to a listening post with signal antenna in the Cocos Islands.
 
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