Mainly Myanmar (for the moment). New York, Rangoon, Bangkok, & Cambridge. RTs not endorsements.
Joined on 23 April, 2009
Myanmar-related drug kingpin Tse Chi Lop, the "El Chapo of Asia", at the centre of a US$70 billion plus meth industry, with networks intertwined with Myanmar militia, and an annual income allegedly around $17 billion, arrested in the Netherlands
No anti-maskers to be seen: (Myanmar) Kachin State and (China) Tengchong county trade coordination officials meeting near the border earlier this week (photo credit Ah Hpu).
Perhaps time for an updated edition. @juggernautbooks @AitkenAlexander
With worsening inequality, 140 million in Asia-Pacific pushed into extreme poverty over 2020. 265 million facing acute food insecurity. 1.9 billion people unable to afford healthy diet. In Myanmar 30% of kids stunted and 7% suffering from wasting.
Getting ready at Yangon airport earlier today to receive the 1.5 million doses of Covid vaccines flown in as a gift by the government of India. A very good day for India-Myanmar relations @IndiainMyanmar
Don't think people on this side of the Bay of Bengal have wanted something from India as much this đź’‰ in about 1,500 years.
First batch of 1.5 million vaccine doses arriving in Myanmar tomorrow from India
Replying to @Pol_Etrangere: [LECTURES📚] Sophie Boisseau du Rocher (@IFRI_asie) propose une analyse de l’ouvrage de @thantmyintu, "The Hidden History…
Bhutan and Maldives first to receive India-produced COVID vaccines. Bangladesh, Nepal, Myanmar and Seychelles up next.
Incoming Secretary of State promises to review Rohingya genocide determination
![[LECTURES📚] Sophie Boisseau du Rocher (@IFRI_asie) propose une analyse de l’ouvrage de @thantmyintu, "The Hidden History of #Burma: Race, Capitalism, and the Crisis of #Democracy in the 21st Century", publiée dans PE n° 4/2020 :](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EsKZlItW8AEEkZR.png)
[LECTURES📚] Sophie Boisseau du Rocher (@IFRI_asie) propose une analyse de l’ouvrage de @thantmyintu, "The Hidden History of #Burma: Race, Capitalism, and the Crisis of #Democracy in the 21st Century", publiée dans PE n° 4/2020 :
Workers' protests bring downtown Yangon to a halt. Severe economic downturn has brought millions to the brink but hasn't yet spilled over into broader unrest, in part a reflection of the very conservative nature of Myanmar society. But that could change.
Dr Martin Luther King speaking at the #UnitedNations on the day of the historic Anti-Vietnam War demonstrations in NY and SF 15 April 1967 #MartinLutherKingDay @OfficialMLK3
China's moving to tighten its grip over its entire rare earth supply chain. Nearly a third of China's rare earth imports come from Myanmar.
I agree with @jagowriter (if I'm reading correctly) what's coming is a time for deep introspection and reform in Asia, but that perhaps for the first time in a long time, there's no need to look West for answers or even for the general narrative.
No coincidence that the parts of Burma beyond colonial "economic activity" same parts barely administered (so w/ entirely different colonial experiences) and which after independence have been the site of violent state-building efforts (as well as repeated foreign intervention)
A map of British India "Economic Activity" from JG Bartholomew's "School Economic Atlas" 1915
"The scale of the threats to the biosphere and all its lifeforms—including humanity—is in fact so great that it is difficult to grasp for even well-informed experts."
Replying to @Himalistan: #HimalArchives | How corruption and inequality have remained key features of #Myanmar's post-democratic political economy.…
#HimalArchives | How corruption and inequality have remained key features of #Myanmar's post-democratic political economy. Excerpt from 'The Hidden History of Burma' by @thantmyintu:
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