Instability and anti-Chinese sentiment are endangering Beijing’s plans in the country, but rivalry with the West and its own domestic problems may prevent it from engaging the democracy movement, which remains wary of China.
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Instability and anti-Chinese sentiment are endangering Beijing’s plans in the country, but rivalry with the West and its own domestic problems may prevent it from engaging the democracy movement, which remains wary of China.
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Since the February 1 coup pushed Myanmar’s economy off the edge, residents living in informal housing on the urban fringe – already battered by the COVID-19 pandemic – are being pushed to the brink of starvation.
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Years of effort to rebuild trust in the banking sector after the crippling 2003 financial crisis have been wasted due to the military’s seizure of power and its manipulation of the Central Bank.
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A 25-year old translator and activist, who alleges he was assaulted by plainclothes police, believes investigations into the incident will not yield positive results.
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Entrepreneurs in Yangon are tired of waiting for the government to tackle the city’s squatter problem and are skeptical of a recent promise to solve it before the end of its term.
The government is moving to regulate private security firms amid calls for the corporate sector to adopt a new mindset towards risk management.
The Minister for Religious Affairs wants action taken against monks who he says are damaging the image of Buddhism, but there might be opposition from powerful quarters.
Myanmar’s non-existent social security system and changing family structures are resulting in more elderly people being abandoned, and many of them end up at a centre on the outskirts of Yangon.
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