The two ‘rogue states’, both riding on the crest of anti-imperialist sentiment, share histories in which the hand of the West cannot be forgotten
Day: March 12, 2010
Children of disasters
Cyclone Nargis, which struck southern Burma in May 2008, left around 140,000 people dead and orphaned thousands of children. Many have since had to fend for themselves and their siblings;…
Burma fuelling China’s heroin crisis
Heroin transported from Shan state is dominating the market for drug users in southwestern China’s Yunnan province, which is seeing a rise in registered users
Burma an ‘enemy of the internet’
Draconian internet restrictions again place Burma on list of global internet ‘enemies’
Burma: to go or not to go?
The Burma tourism debate rages on, but much of the pro-boycott lobby fails to understand the benefits that outsiders can bring