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  • Facebook removes pages of top Myanmar military official, others

    08/27/2018 7:48:08 AM PDT · by BenLurkin · 27 replies
    Reuters ^ | Antoni Slodkowski
    Facebook’s action means an essential blackout of the military’s main channel of public communication, with pages followed by millions of people in a country where the social media giant is virtually synonymous with the internet. “Specifically, we are banning 20 Burmese individuals and organizations from Facebook — including Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, commander-in-chief of the armed forces, and the military’s Myawady television network,” Facebook said in a blog post. "We're removing a total of 18 Facebook accounts, one Instagram account and 52 Facebook Pages, followed by almost 12 million people," It is the first time Facebook has imposed such...
  • Burma and China: The Beginning of the End of Business as Usual?

    11/29/2011 11:45:46 PM PST · by bruinbirdman · 2 replies
    Jamestown Foundation China Brief ^ | 11/30/2011 | Ian Storey
    The introduction of a slew of economic reforms and political initiatives by the Burmese government in the second half of 2011 have significant implications for the carriage of Burmese foreign policy. Indeed, the surprise announcement in September suspending construction of a major Chinese-funded hydroelectric dam is an indication that China’s privileged place in the hierarchy of Burma’s foreign relations―a position it has greatly benefited from since the West shunned Burma in 1988—can no longer be taken for granted. Nevertheless, even as these changes unfold, the two neighbors will seek to maintain close and cordial relations in recognition of inescapable geographical...