What Can We Do about the Burmese Dictatorship?


	What Can We Do about the Burmese Dictatorship?

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10-15-2007 3:44 AM

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Probably not. Sanctions have been in force for years with no apparent impact
on the reclusive military regime in Burma, which seems impervious to outside
pressure. It has benefited from close trade ties with China and India, who
vie for influence with the regime and need Burma’s energy and other
resources for their growing economies.
</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article2554067.ece"><P><B>Is China the key?</B></P><P>
Yes, China is Burma’s biggest trading partner and has most influence on the
regime. It has consistently resisted action against Rangoon, in part because
of its own human rights record. But with next year’s Olympics looming in
Beijing, there are indications that the Chinese may become more
co-operative. They have recently taken a tougher stand with allies such as
North Korea, Sudan and Zimbabwe. They may be persuaded to harden their
position towards Burma.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article2554067.ece">The regime has calculated that it can hold on to power by
employing force at home and ignoring outside opinion.</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/6DA2F756-5E30-480A-9D71-0E15B97190C6/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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