Chicken First or Egg First? Do We Really Need that Peace?
Peace process, Myanmar peace centre, 2nd Pinglong, peace forums, national reconciliation, ceasefire agreements, peace talks, cessation of armed conflicts, NCA, federalism approach - all...
Is Democracy the Right System for Myanmar?
Democracy is a system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives. That system...
Just Blame the Government Please!
Starting with diplomats from the West to Myanmar diaspora working abroad to the working or unemployed locals around your neighbourhoods, everything happening in Myanmar...
Braving the 48C Heat to Discover the First Kingdom of Burma
As recent as the first week of April 2024, there was a social media post relating to the hottest cities in the world. Myanmar...
Waving into Thin Air
If the December 2023 figures of 700 foreign visitors to Inle (pronounced: Inn Lay) are anything to go by, it would be a case...
The Forgotten Private Beach?
With a coastline of more than 2,200 km, you would be at fault for not finding any beaches worthy of visit in Myanmar. Yet,...
Xinjiang and Beyond
One would be forgiven if the only thing ever heard about Xinjiang is on how China abused its power, denied human rights to Uyghur...
A Tale of Four Charges
As former President Donald Trump pushes forward with his 2024 campaign, incidents from before, during and after his term in office are now under intense...
The Powerhouse of India
I talked about learning from China in an article a couple of months ago. Yet the world would not be complete if the world...
The Rise of New China
Annual sessions of NPC (National People’s Congress) and CPPCC (Chinese People Political Consultative Conference) have been completed recently in March. The two plenaries mustered...
