Some news and reviews from trip to Burma

Some News and Reviews After Returning from Burma

Burma is in deep trouble; everything seems going down deeply and would not be able to solve any situation.

People confessed to online medias that many people are begging on the streets in different ways. Nothing is working except some companies directly related to higher officials.

All foreign companies who invested need to pay 20% shares as bribe to a respective higher official to get a permit to set down a company, a foreigner who has a company in Taug Gyi confessed. He, however, refused to give any further details.

The generals summoned all diplomats from both UN and embassies around 10th of November. Everyone had to traveled to the so called "Nay Pyi Daw", literally "the palace". The reason for the invitation was to explain that the golden color revolution was organized by NLD. They asserted that NLD had planned ahead to take over the power after organizing demonstrations which destroyed the stability and peace of the country. Nobody believed in what they said, of course not; but what else could they say?

On the other hand, China and Russians have had eyes on the natural resources of Burma whatever they could pick up. The latest found natural gas maybe the most powerful source to resist. Someone recently came back from the country said that "Everything would be taken over by Chinese and Russian; do not worry about the sanctions imposed by the West." People who live in Mandalay need to speak some basic Chinese, some people suggested.

The controversial subject here is "sanction". Many politicians continue to debate about how useful sanctions and economic embargo are to punish brutal governments. To change the mind of the military junta, no one can say any definite answer. Time will tell us. The one definite answer is the sanctions and embargo would bring everything down.