Description:
"Key figures on the national political scene and foreign specialists and observers alike have
been puzzled by the rapid transformations taking place in Myanmar1
since 2011. What is
happening in this country that was isolated for so long and dominated by its armed forces (or
Tatmadaw in Burmese) totally resistant to change or contact with the outside world? In recent
months, diplomats from the UN, Asia and the West have rushed to Naypyitaw2
and above
all to Yangon to meet with the main opposition leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, who has been free
since her (third) release from house arrest in November 2010 and has been a member of the
national parliament (hereafter referred to as Parliament) since the by-elections held in April
2012. Strikes and public demonstrations, as well as unions and opposition political parties, are
now perfectly legal. The censorship board has been dissolved. The Internet and cell phone
industry are booming. The vast majority of the 2,200 political prisoners counted in early 2011
have been released. A human rights commission was even created in September 2011. Foreign
journalists and critics have no problem obtaining visas, and tourists are flocking in. Burmese
dissidents in exile have begun to return in order to take part in rebuilding an economy still on
the sidelines of globalization. Foreign investors and multinational corporations have started
to prospect in a “gold rush” atmosphere, as one of Asia’s richest regions in natural resources
appears to be opening up..."
Source/publisher:
"SciencesPo." (France)
Date of Publication:
2013-09-00
Date of entry:
2020-02-21
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- Individual Documents
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Countries:
Myanmar
Language:
English
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432.75 KB (32 pages)
Resource Type:
text
Text quality:
- Good