Myanmar executions: US presses China to rein in junta, saying it cannot be ‘business as usual’

State department says military government in Yangon has not faced enough economic and diplomatic pressure, amid global outrage at killings

A senior US official has urged China to do more to rein in Myanmar's military after its execution of four people, saying that it cannot be business as usual with the junta", as the killings drew widespread international condemnation.

State department spokesperson Ned Price told a briefing: Arguably, no country has the potential to influence the trajectory of Burma's next steps more so than the PRC [People's Republic of China]", noting that the junta has not faced the level of economic and in some cases diplomatic pressure that we would like to see".