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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Foreign journalists have used drones in Myanmar and not been arrested, raising speculation over the real reasons for the recent jail sentences imposed on a Singaporean, a Malaysian and two citizens by a court in the capital.
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Refugees in Bangladesh recount the burning of their homes and killing of their relatives, allegedly at the hands of soldiers and Rakhine vigilantes.
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We rightly demand exacting standards of people in positions of high responsibility, but power and profile do not make people superhuman.
Food aid cuts have created further anxiety for more than 6,000 refugees and displaced people from Shan State who have endured a precarious existence for years in camps along the Thai-Myanmar border.
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