Nearly one million Rohingya refugees live in what were supposed to be temporary camps in Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar. AdvertisementBut at a recent conference in Dhaka, the Rohingya people were, for the first time, given a voice. For years, international aid helped to maintain this stasis. Rakhine state is not only central to Rohingya identity, but also to the interests of China’s economic and strategic development. That’s why Rohingya repatriation is both a humanitarian and economic imperative.