Thursday 9th September, 2010
China greets Myanmar junta leader with open arms - Summary
support for the regime's planned November elections.Senior General Than Shwe's five-day visit was aimed at cementing ties with one of the junta's few allies. Chinese investment in Myanmar has surged, ...
China assures isolated Myanmar of its support
BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese President Hu Jintao assured Myanmar's reclusive leader General Than Shwe on Wednesday of China's support for his diplomatically isolated country ahead of controversial elec...
China offers Burma full support
Chinese president Hu Jintao today assured Burma’s (Myanmar’s) reclusive leader Than Shwe of Beijing’s support for his diplomatically isolated country ahead of controversial elections...
International Media Watchdog disapproves of Burma’s 7 November Polls
General SourcesWith just two months to go to the general elections, the military junta has orchestrated to cover up the 7-November polls events. There is still no proof for thoughts that the native and foreign repor...
Burma's Rural Poor Ignore Election
General SourcesSee little advantage from voting While weeding at a farm 20 miles from Meikthila in central Burma, in a job that earns her 1,500 kyat (US $ 1.50) a day in central Burma, Khin Mar Tin, one of Bu...
Budget Cuts Could Threaten BBC Burmese Service
The Irrawaddyis threatened with deep cuts because of far-reaching savings in government spending, according to a report in the British daily Guardian on Wednesday.The British Foreign Office, which funds the
President Hu welcomes visiting Myanmar's top leader Than Shwe
SINAChinese President Hu Jintao (R) holds a welcoming ceremony for Than Shwe, chairman of Myanmar's State Peace and Development Council, in Beijing, capital of China, Sept. 8, 2010. (Xinhua/Huang Jingwen)
Myanmar leader wants better China ties as polls loom
West AustralianBEIJING (AFP) - Myanmar's junta leader Than Shwe said Wednesday he wanted to bolster ties with China, his regime's main trade partner and diplomatic ally, two months ahead of polls decried in ...
Survey confirms public demand for free press
Mizzima NewsNew Delhi (Mizzima) – A recently conducted public poll shows a majority of Burma’s population desires an end to the country’s pervasive press scrutiny and censorship. Starting September 1, the...
Than Shwe in the Hot Seat
The IrrawaddyMost Burmese regard themselves as fairly devout, regardless of what religion they practice. To some, this might seem like a case of seeking false consolation in the otherworldly. But to my mind, it ma...
The Man in the Iron Mask
The Irrawaddy, and the rest is a meandering mash of recent Burmese history. The sources and arguments are spare: several interviews with Burmese military defectors, liberal lifting of quotes from Burmese exiled me...
Writers for Burma, Wheeler Centre Program Three & other upcoming events
General Sources, at the Bella Union Bar, Trades Hall, Carlton, from 2:30pm. MC and organiser Paul Mitchell calls it a ‘Big Day Out for writers’ in support of a significant cause. ‘Aung San Suu Kyi has...
Burma Buys 50 Combat Helicopters
The IrrawaddyThe Burmese Air Force (BAF) has bought 50 Mi-24 helicopters and 12 Mi-2 armored transport helicopters from Russia, according to a source from the BAF.The purchase of the M-24s marks the first time the...
Deconstructing Law and Politics in Burma
The IrrawaddyAung San Suu Kyi has reiterated that the now-disbanded NLD should sue the junta over its election laws, a strategy that she first invoked last May. The strategy is curious, given that she has spoken c...
China, Myanmar leaders to meet as election draws near
General SourcesBEIJING (AFP) – Myanmar's junta leader Than Shwe was to meet Wednesday with President Hu Jintao of China, the regime's main trading partner and diplomatic ally, two months ahead of polls...
Media watchdog slams Myanmar's pre-poll censorship
General SourcesBANGKOK (AFP) – Myanmar's ruling regime has increased its censorship of the country's already highly restricted press in the run up to the first election in 20 years, an international me...
Fighting and Relief Aid Compete in Pakistan
The IrrawaddyToo late to avoid the group, we swung off as some made less-than-hospitable gestures in our direction. We took the first right near the foot of the bridge. Later, we heard that around 2,000 people had...
Burmese junta plays China card against election critics
General SourcesBurma's military junta has beefed up relations with ally China with the visit to the country by Senior Gen. Than Shwe on Tuesday (September 7) amid mounting international pressure ahead of the country...
Myanmar-Thai bilateral trade doubled in five years
General SourcesBilateral trade between Myanmar and Thailand amounted to 3.577 billion U.S. dollars in the fiscal year 2009-10, which was doubled in five years, said the local weekly Yangon Times Tuesday.In 2005-06, ...
- ANALYSIS : Myanmar state sell-off fortifies generals
Taipei TimesA man rows his boat near a Five Star Shipping Lines vessel on the Yangon River yesterday. In Myanmar, about 300 state assets, including Five Star Shipping Lines, have been privatized, mostly this year...
What does Myanmar's Than Shwe want from Beijing?
CNN AsiaSo when China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs was asked why Myanmar's Sr. Gen. Than Shwe is here for a four-day visit, spokeswoman Jiang Yu replied, "China and Myanmar are friendly neighbors and th...
China values military relations with Myanmar, says senior officer
People's DailyChief of the General Staff of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Chen Bingde (R) meets with Thura U Shwe Mann, a member of the State Peace and Development Council of Myanmar, in Beijing, capital of ...
Myanmar junta chief visits China for political, economic support ahead of elections
General SourcesBEIJING, China - Military - run Myanmar's top leader Gen. Than Shwe arrived in Beijing on Tuesday for a state visit to his country's closest ally ahead of contentious national elections this...
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