Anti-Chinese riots in Mandalay still an option in a crisis as it has proved really useful in the past. These guys aren’t stupid when it comes to their own survival, but regarding the public as stupid will backfire on them in due course.
Wirathu’s message that the country will be overrun by Muslims if ASSK/NLD wins the elections is done to death.
A new diversion that calls for a new group of scapegoats may soon be indicated. Remember the renewed conflict with the Kokang deliberately misrepresented as a Chinese ‘invasion’ earned them some rare praise, never mind that they themselves helped raise a monster that had shaken off the Burmese communist leash, with or without China’s backing.
Those Chinese letter billboards in Mandalay were hastily taken down before stupid Burmese frustration and ruthlessness was changed direction towards dark kalars.
Always at a lost to explain the Burma road is from China to Myanmar that still exist to this day and used successfully that result in Chinese influence more.
Even though India was under British and closer to Burma during WWII does not have anything close. It is practical to establish roads and rail ways now with anti Indian group and Bangladesh in between ??
Facilitating the good (trade) and the bad of India (insurgency) into Myanmar?
Royally patronaged Sainamphueng, was the school Rose attended while growing up in Thailand, just as many of us who love our royal family. She is so ungrateful to our king. Just don’t come home; the lese majeste law is waiting for you!
I have found no evidence during my research into past censuses that the 1973 Census included “Rohingya” as an ethnic or racial designation.
Kyaw Win would do us an invaluable service if he could recount the inside story of how “Rohingya” eventually came to be chosen by the Muslim elite in Arakan as their designation, from among an imaginative array of “R” names with varying etymologies which was openly discussed by Muslim scholars in Burmese publications in the 1950s and 1960s, no doubt as possible replacements for the British-era designations “Chittagonian” and “Bengali”.
In the 1983 Census most Muslims in Arakan were unceremoniously and quite wrongly listed as of “Bangladeshi” ethnic origin.
It is of interest in this context that the important 22-point memorandum submitted by the “Arakanese Muslim community” in October 1960 to the official Consultantive Committee looking into the matter of separate statehood for Arakan nowhere referred to their wish to be designated “Rohingya” or any other such name, but asked only that all Muslims now resident in Arakan should be granted citizenship. This memorandum was published in “The Nation” of 27 October 1960, alongside commentary.
China wins tenders with other dictatorships in the traditional way. By paying massive commissions to the decision makers and reducing product quality in order to make up the shortfall thus ensuring the transaction remains highly profitable despite large chunks of the budget being funnelled into offshore accounts. Don’t take my word for it, just ask anyone who bids on Chinese government tenders about their personal experiences.
Well, the India-Myanmar joint military action was carried on following the ambush on the Indian Army in Manipur in June, 2015 carried by the United Liberation Front of Western South East Asia (UNLFW) a conglomerate of North Eastern insurgent groups led by NSCN-Khaplang camp along the Nagaland border.
Through this operation, India attempted to send a strong message to insurgents hiding in neighboring countries and using them as safe haven to launch attack on India.
It also attempted to send a message that India seriously desires to clear up its Northeastern frontier areas for trade, business, infrastructural development with its Southeast Asian neighbors. As these areas have long been used for illegal, trafficking activities by insurgent groups deterring economic growth and development.
It’s also aims to truly churn up the much-needed development prospects of these frontier states, with a top-down approach.
This is specially important at a time when India needs to revamp the economic capacity of its frontier states beyond centrally aided projects /subsidies and other Special facilities given to them over decades.
Rose’s evaluation of Gen. Prayuth is wrong. He was not a close aide to the Queen. He was in the division of the queen’s guard consisting of several thousand soldiers. He was one of them. There was no “China Card” either and the only reason for awarding the mega projects To China was because China gave the best price.
Although all previous govts are to blame for not tackling the slave trade, fishing industry, canned fruits industry and many others at least they can point to the military, who are untouchable, and partly blame them.
Now the illegal military junta is ruling the country they are to blame for every crime committed by slave traders and specifically the fishing industry.
About a month ago Silver Sea Fishery co. Ltd. were named and photographed taking fish from boats allegedly with slave labour. As this company is Thai based and registered why has not one word appeared in the Thai English press or from the illegal military junta about this company and a proper investigation been launched?
Prayut was forced to have a group of slave traders arrested earlier this year as the story was made public. Prayut turned on the people who exposed the mass graves and started investigations against them.
Fracking, mining and other polluting industries get full military protection whist the alleged poisoning of drinking water blights villages around these companies. Threats are made against villagers to shut up or else face prison and all in the name of reconciliation.
We shouldn’t be so hard on the self appointed national saviour and hero. His unique level of sincerity and integrity are quite transparent when one takes a quick look at his achievements in the key areas that he and his work crew used to justify the coup in the first place.
1) A proposed blanket amnesty by Prayuths opposition was the call to arms for Prayuth’s clean up team who immediately set about annexing the country and writing themselves a more pervasive and broad reaching blanket amnesty
2) Prayuth has worked diligently to do away with the ‘tyranny of the majority’ and has methodically replaced it with the tyranny of himself, a clique of classmates and their sponsors.
3) Prayuth oversaw the impeachment of Yingluck for nepotism while shamelessly and rapidly elevating his genetic brother to the highest echelons of the military. Any great leader who leads by example would do the same!
4) To save the nations biggest ever infrastructure budget from potential corruption, his team eradicated all parliamentary debate over budgets and made all critical public comment and investigation regarding political actions and public spending illegal.
With all hope of transparency utterly eliminated, Prayuth and his ‘boys’ (only boys) proceeded to redesign all of the massive projects in closed back room negotiations amongst themselves and their sponsors. The genius of their initiative can be seen in the biggest ticket item, the high speed rail.
While the infrastructure budget was increased from around 2 trillion to over 3 trillion, the speed of trains was reduced by about 100km per hr and tender negotiations swung from Japans proven high quality high tech trains to China’s ummmm…ehhh…lovely trains that often make it in one piece?
5) The latest stroke of genius was to hand pick a group of puppets to spend a year drafting a constitution at great expense and then hand pick another group of puppets to reject it. That little stroke of genius extended Prayuth’s tenure indefinitely or at least he would like to think so.
With such lofty and fully transparent achievements under his belt, how could anyone dare to question the integrity, honesty and good will of our benevolent leader and national hero?
It’s a killing two birds with one stone strategy – a mass exodus of the undesirables as perceived by the host society, and the undermining of the electorate’s support for ASSK/NLD. The Rohingya simply fit the bill by their own past and present behaviour.
A difficult conundrum for human rights concerns which the world barring the Umma will continue to pay lip service to but happily carry on doing business with the arch manipulators in the military rulers of Burma now respectable enough to be no longer mentioned in the British parliament on the list of states inc. Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Hong Kong) that the West should not continue to sell arms to on account of their human rights violations.
Is “communitarianism” now a new politically correct word for the plain old Chinese word “guanxi”?
Singapore still remains a wealthy oligarchical Commonwealth(sic) Nation with confusing Confucian Characteristics (and squeaky clean shiny money-laundromats).
In any case, the people of Singapore have spoken. All these Western values like “liberté, égalité, fraternité” are overrated anyway and do not apply in the “Confucian context”. The French Revolution was actually not so good for the French ruling class LOL
Excellent analysis. Not least because the author suggests a limited few ways PAP dominance may, at some distant future, break up into a two-party/ multi-party governing system, typical more generally of countries with the wealth PAP has now delivered.Another reason could be that the further long lease on life, which this election delivered, leads to born-to-rule arrogance.
@EL
You have to “go Pharmacy” to get chewing gum? What a city!
By the way, I used chewing gum as a metaphor, to make fun of Singapore’s weird priorities and hypocritical attitudes.
“THE conscious and intelligent manipulation of the
organized habits and opinions of the masses is an
important element in democratic society. Those who
manipulate this unseen mechanism of society constitute
an invisible government which is the true ruling
power of our country.
We are governed, our minds are molded, our
tastes formed, our ideas suggested, largely by men
we have never heard of. This is a logical result of
the way in which our democratic society is organized.
Vast numbers of human beings must cooperate in
this manner if they are to live together as a smoothly
functioning society.”
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The root cause of Rohingya persecution
Anti-Chinese riots in Mandalay still an option in a crisis as it has proved really useful in the past. These guys aren’t stupid when it comes to their own survival, but regarding the public as stupid will backfire on them in due course.
Wirathu’s message that the country will be overrun by Muslims if ASSK/NLD wins the elections is done to death.
A new diversion that calls for a new group of scapegoats may soon be indicated. Remember the renewed conflict with the Kokang deliberately misrepresented as a Chinese ‘invasion’ earned them some rare praise, never mind that they themselves helped raise a monster that had shaken off the Burmese communist leash, with or without China’s backing.
The perils of Prayuth
Somchitt V – HOW do you know that wss the school Rose attended ?
The perils of Prayuth
Somchitt V – eventually all roosters come home to roost, even those who murdered King Rama 8.
The root cause of Rohingya persecution
Does appear that was how it all started.
Those Chinese letter billboards in Mandalay were hastily taken down before stupid Burmese frustration and ruthlessness was changed direction towards dark kalars.
Long wars on the India-Myanmar border
Always at a lost to explain the Burma road is from China to Myanmar that still exist to this day and used successfully that result in Chinese influence more.
Even though India was under British and closer to Burma during WWII does not have anything close. It is practical to establish roads and rail ways now with anti Indian group and Bangladesh in between ??
Facilitating the good (trade) and the bad of India (insurgency) into Myanmar?
The perils of Prayuth
Royally patronaged Sainamphueng, was the school Rose attended while growing up in Thailand, just as many of us who love our royal family. She is so ungrateful to our king. Just don’t come home; the lese majeste law is waiting for you!
The root cause of Rohingya persecution
One more “bird”: it distracts attention away from the Chinese “invasion” of Burma.
The root cause of Rohingya persecution
I have found no evidence during my research into past censuses that the 1973 Census included “Rohingya” as an ethnic or racial designation.
Kyaw Win would do us an invaluable service if he could recount the inside story of how “Rohingya” eventually came to be chosen by the Muslim elite in Arakan as their designation, from among an imaginative array of “R” names with varying etymologies which was openly discussed by Muslim scholars in Burmese publications in the 1950s and 1960s, no doubt as possible replacements for the British-era designations “Chittagonian” and “Bengali”.
In the 1983 Census most Muslims in Arakan were unceremoniously and quite wrongly listed as of “Bangladeshi” ethnic origin.
It is of interest in this context that the important 22-point memorandum submitted by the “Arakanese Muslim community” in October 1960 to the official Consultantive Committee looking into the matter of separate statehood for Arakan nowhere referred to their wish to be designated “Rohingya” or any other such name, but asked only that all Muslims now resident in Arakan should be granted citizenship. This memorandum was published in “The Nation” of 27 October 1960, alongside commentary.
The perils of Prayuth
China wins tenders with other dictatorships in the traditional way. By paying massive commissions to the decision makers and reducing product quality in order to make up the shortfall thus ensuring the transaction remains highly profitable despite large chunks of the budget being funnelled into offshore accounts. Don’t take my word for it, just ask anyone who bids on Chinese government tenders about their personal experiences.
Long wars on the India-Myanmar border
Well, the India-Myanmar joint military action was carried on following the ambush on the Indian Army in Manipur in June, 2015 carried by the United Liberation Front of Western South East Asia (UNLFW) a conglomerate of North Eastern insurgent groups led by NSCN-Khaplang camp along the Nagaland border.
Through this operation, India attempted to send a strong message to insurgents hiding in neighboring countries and using them as safe haven to launch attack on India.
It also attempted to send a message that India seriously desires to clear up its Northeastern frontier areas for trade, business, infrastructural development with its Southeast Asian neighbors. As these areas have long been used for illegal, trafficking activities by insurgent groups deterring economic growth and development.
It’s also aims to truly churn up the much-needed development prospects of these frontier states, with a top-down approach.
This is specially important at a time when India needs to revamp the economic capacity of its frontier states beyond centrally aided projects /subsidies and other Special facilities given to them over decades.
The perils of Prayuth
Rose’s evaluation of Gen. Prayuth is wrong. He was not a close aide to the Queen. He was in the division of the queen’s guard consisting of several thousand soldiers. He was one of them. There was no “China Card” either and the only reason for awarding the mega projects To China was because China gave the best price.
The perils of Prayuth
Although all previous govts are to blame for not tackling the slave trade, fishing industry, canned fruits industry and many others at least they can point to the military, who are untouchable, and partly blame them.
Now the illegal military junta is ruling the country they are to blame for every crime committed by slave traders and specifically the fishing industry.
About a month ago Silver Sea Fishery co. Ltd. were named and photographed taking fish from boats allegedly with slave labour. As this company is Thai based and registered why has not one word appeared in the Thai English press or from the illegal military junta about this company and a proper investigation been launched?
Prayut was forced to have a group of slave traders arrested earlier this year as the story was made public. Prayut turned on the people who exposed the mass graves and started investigations against them.
Fracking, mining and other polluting industries get full military protection whist the alleged poisoning of drinking water blights villages around these companies. Threats are made against villagers to shut up or else face prison and all in the name of reconciliation.
The perils of Prayuth
We shouldn’t be so hard on the self appointed national saviour and hero. His unique level of sincerity and integrity are quite transparent when one takes a quick look at his achievements in the key areas that he and his work crew used to justify the coup in the first place.
1) A proposed blanket amnesty by Prayuths opposition was the call to arms for Prayuth’s clean up team who immediately set about annexing the country and writing themselves a more pervasive and broad reaching blanket amnesty
2) Prayuth has worked diligently to do away with the ‘tyranny of the majority’ and has methodically replaced it with the tyranny of himself, a clique of classmates and their sponsors.
3) Prayuth oversaw the impeachment of Yingluck for nepotism while shamelessly and rapidly elevating his genetic brother to the highest echelons of the military. Any great leader who leads by example would do the same!
4) To save the nations biggest ever infrastructure budget from potential corruption, his team eradicated all parliamentary debate over budgets and made all critical public comment and investigation regarding political actions and public spending illegal.
With all hope of transparency utterly eliminated, Prayuth and his ‘boys’ (only boys) proceeded to redesign all of the massive projects in closed back room negotiations amongst themselves and their sponsors. The genius of their initiative can be seen in the biggest ticket item, the high speed rail.
While the infrastructure budget was increased from around 2 trillion to over 3 trillion, the speed of trains was reduced by about 100km per hr and tender negotiations swung from Japans proven high quality high tech trains to China’s ummmm…ehhh…lovely trains that often make it in one piece?
5) The latest stroke of genius was to hand pick a group of puppets to spend a year drafting a constitution at great expense and then hand pick another group of puppets to reject it. That little stroke of genius extended Prayuth’s tenure indefinitely or at least he would like to think so.
With such lofty and fully transparent achievements under his belt, how could anyone dare to question the integrity, honesty and good will of our benevolent leader and national hero?
The root cause of Rohingya persecution
It’s a killing two birds with one stone strategy – a mass exodus of the undesirables as perceived by the host society, and the undermining of the electorate’s support for ASSK/NLD. The Rohingya simply fit the bill by their own past and present behaviour.
A difficult conundrum for human rights concerns which the world barring the Umma will continue to pay lip service to but happily carry on doing business with the arch manipulators in the military rulers of Burma now respectable enough to be no longer mentioned in the British parliament on the list of states inc. Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Hong Kong) that the West should not continue to sell arms to on account of their human rights violations.
Living in Singapore’s material world
Is “communitarianism” now a new politically correct word for the plain old Chinese word “guanxi”?
Singapore still remains a wealthy oligarchical Commonwealth(sic) Nation with confusing Confucian Characteristics (and squeaky clean shiny money-laundromats).
In any case, the people of Singapore have spoken. All these Western values like “liberté, égalité, fraternité” are overrated anyway and do not apply in the “Confucian context”. The French Revolution was actually not so good for the French ruling class LOL
Singapore swing
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Excellent analysis. Not least because the author suggests a limited few ways PAP dominance may, at some distant future, break up into a two-party/ multi-party governing system, typical more generally of countries with the wealth PAP has now delivered.Another reason could be that the further long lease on life, which this election delivered, leads to born-to-rule arrogance.
Singapore slide
@EL
You have to “go Pharmacy” to get chewing gum? What a city!
By the way, I used chewing gum as a metaphor, to make fun of Singapore’s weird priorities and hypocritical attitudes.
Singapore swing
I can only say the Singapore voters has a natural tendency to fear, and this favours PAP but is unhealthy for culture.
This fear and the ks-ism is a vicious cycle. And it’s unhealthy for the political environment in Singapore.
It will take at least another generation or even 2, to rid of this attitude. Hopefully it will not be too late for them.
Singapore slide
“THE conscious and intelligent manipulation of the
organized habits and opinions of the masses is an
important element in democratic society. Those who
manipulate this unseen mechanism of society constitute
an invisible government which is the true ruling
power of our country.
We are governed, our minds are molded, our
tastes formed, our ideas suggested, largely by men
we have never heard of. This is a logical result of
the way in which our democratic society is organized.
Vast numbers of human beings must cooperate in
this manner if they are to live together as a smoothly
functioning society.”
Bernays E “Propaganda” 1928
https://ia801804.us.archive.org/18/items/Propaganda1928ByEdwardL.Bernays/Propaganda(1928)%20by%20Edward%20L.%20Bernays.pdf
Not sure all those legal niceties need to be thought of or even minded. Easiest society to control is the one which already thinks they are in charge.
Clue: American presidents are APPOINTED by the one who pays- monetarily or by way of favours. At the least since that arch-malefactor Woodrow Wilson.