The Hidden History of Burma Race, Capitalism, and the Crisis of Democracy in the 21st Century

During a century of colonialism, Burma was plundered for its natural resources and remade as a racial hierarchy. Over decades of dictatorship, it suffered civil war, repression, and deep poverty. Today, Burma faces a mountain of challenges: crony capitalism, exploding inequality, rising ethnonationalism, extreme racial violence, climate change, multibillion dollar criminal networks, and the power of China next door. Thant Myint-U shows how the country’s past shapes its recent and almost unbelievable attempt to create a new democracy in the heart of Asia, and helps to answer the big questions: Can this multicultural country of 55 million succeed? And what does Burma’s story really tell us about the most critical issues of our time?
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• twitter .com/thantmyintu/status/1416446549295607813 (‘ …  Covid in Myanmar is now out of control. A failed state can’t bring Covid under control. New Myanmar Covid variants could threaten the world. Global cooperation to help Myanmar is more urgent than ever. ‘)
• twitter .com/IrrawaddyNews/status/1415660221469323271 (‘ Myanmar Junta Announces Nationwide Lockdown Next Week as COVID-19 Surges  , https://t.co/S0LoNDDSyR?amp=1 , #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar ‘)
• twitter .com/Cleavon_MD/status/1409402218109931526 (‘ More than a dozen doctors in Indonesia have died of COVID-19 even after receiving shots of China’s SinoVac vaccine, a medical association said. https://t.co/A0o1HZZE2A?amp=1 ‘)
• twitter .com/KenRoth/status/1408828607359770624 (‘  China’s Sinovac vaccine is proving ineffective against new Covid variants … ‘)
• twitter .com/KenRoth/status/1407580317372796932 (‘ Kenneth Roth : “In the Seychelles, Chile, Bahrain and Mongolia, 50 to 68% of the populations have been fully inoculated,” mostly with Chinese-made Sinopharm or Sinovac vaccines. All four now rank among the top 10 countries with the worst Covid outbreaks. https://t.co/RJvSgNBOo7?amp=1  ‘)
• highland.gov .uk/info/640/birth_marriage_and_death/322/funerals_graves_and_cremations/6  (‘ Inverness Crematorium, The Scottish Government have advised that no more than 20 people should attend a funeral service in person. This will apply to both indoor and outdoor funeral services. This is to help prevent and mitigate any potential spread of the virus amongst different households and the wider community.     ‘)
• marchehua .com (‘ My friends from Hong Kong, pro-democracy are arrested by the encroachment of beijing in hong kong on 23-11-2020, they are in prison, So I share their story to help  them, Joshua Wong 黃之鋒 , Ivan Lam,  @LesterShum, #save12hkyouths, THANK YOU ‘)