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  1. June 17, 2013

    Myanmar’s old friend China is left wondering where it went wrong

    In the surreal Myanmar capital Naypyidaw it’s hard to miss the gleaming convention centre built by a Chinese state-owned...

  2. beyondbrics

    June 17, 2013

    Myanmar: foreign investment rush raises hopes....and concerns

    One of the most visible symbols so far of Myanmar’s opening to the west was the recent launch of Coca-Cola’s new bottling...

Special Reports

  1. Special Report: Urban Demographics 2013

    China’s growth rate faces serious challenges: the population growth behind recent econ...
  2. The President's New Challenge 2013

    Barack Obama has a hostile environment to negotiate as he tries to secure a legacy bey...
  1. June 10, 2013

    Asian society: Changes from within

    Last month in Ly Thai To park in central Hanoi, a group of about 1,000 young people wearing rainbow bandanas and carrying...

  2. June 6, 2013

    Britain revives links with Myanmar’s military establishment

    Britain has launched a push to revive relations with Myanmar’s military, with the UK’s Chief of Defence Staff visiting the...

  3. May 31, 2013

    Vodafone and China Mobile withdraw from Myanmar bid

    Vodafone and China Mobile have pulled out of the bidding for a telecoms license in Myanmar as they no longer expect the...

  4. beyondbrics

    May 29, 2013

    Myanmar: a $300bn economy by 2030

    While some of the world’s biggest professional services firms have rushed into Myanmar to set up shop, the big management...

  5. May 29, 2013

    Buddhist mobs in north Myanmar attack Muslim homes for second day

    Buddhist mobs armed with sticks and machetes burnt Muslim homes on Wednesday for a second day in the northern Myanmar city...

  6. May 29, 2013

    Muslims and Buddhists clash in northern Myanmar

    YANGON, May 28 – Muslims and Buddhists clashed in Myanmar’s northern city of Lashio on Tuesday, witnesses said, as a wave of...

  7. May 23, 2013

    George Soros pumps £50m into UK broadband group Hyperoptic

    George Soros has invested close to £50m through his fund management group into Hyperoptic, the British fibre broadband...

  8. May 17, 2013

    Myanmar president’s US visit to focus on foreign investment

    When Thein Sein arrives in Washington on Monday as the first Myanmar president for almost half a century to visit the US...

  9. May 17, 2013

    Rohingya return after Cyclone Mahasen

    A Muslim Rohingya man works on constructing a tent after arriving back to a camp for internally displaced people in the...

  10. beyondbrics

    May 17, 2013

    Further reading: Myanmar's uneasy alliance

    Friday's picks from beyondbrics: Aung San Suu Kyi and the ex-generals must overcome their past; Qatar is being nudged aside...

  11. May 16, 2013

    Myanmar: An uneasy alliance

    If a single image captures the scope of Myanmar’s sweeping transition, it is the photograph of opposition leader and Nobel...

  12. May 16, 2013

    Evacuating ahead of cyclone Mahasen

    Internally displaced Rohingya women sit in the back of a truck ready to leave their camp in Sittwe, northwestern Rakhine...

  13. May 16, 2013

    Cyclone Mahasen batters Bangladesh

    CHITTAGONG, Bangladesh, May 16 - Cyclone Mahasen buffeted Bangladesh’s low-lying coast on Thursday, killing six people after...

  14. May 15, 2013

    Women at Mansi camp in Myanmar

    Rohingya women sit in front of their relief tent at the Mansi Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp on the outskirts of...

  15. May 14, 2013

    Displaced Rohingya boy in the rain

    A Rohingya boy wraps himself with a sarong as he walks in the rain at a makeshift camp for displaced Rohingya people in...

  16. May 13, 2013

    Kachin conflict puts Myanmar reforms to the test

    Christian churches dot the leafy streets of Myitkyina, the capital of Kachin, Myanmar’s northern most state. Unlike the...

  17. May 9, 2013

    Suu Kyi appeals for UK help to rebuild Myanmar university system

    Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar’s opposition leader, has called on UK university leaders to help her country rebuild its higher...

  18. May 8, 2013

    Key reform minister exits Myanmar investment body

    The abrupt exit of one of Myanmar’s leading reformist ministers from the helm of the government’s powerful investment...

  19. beyondbrics

    May 7, 2013

    Further reading: smog, grind and slack

    Tuesday's picks from beyondbrics: can renewable energy pick up the slack in South Africa? Myanmar's hard grind; China's...

  20. May 6, 2013

    For Asia’s newest baby tiger, the hard grind begins

    As I dragged my luggage through the long terminal of the ridiculously hot and humid Yangon airport a few days ago, I thought...

  21. beyondbrics

    May 6, 2013

    Jakarta too edgy for Aerosmith

    Aerosmith wrote a hit single about “Livin’ on the Edge” but it seems that Jakarta, which has one of Southeast Asia’s hottest...

  22. The A-List

    May 6, 2013

    In modern Myanmar, the hard grind begins

    As I dragged my luggage through the long terminal of the ridiculously hot and humid Yangon airport a few days ago, I thought...

  23. May 1, 2013

    Muslims in Myanmar

    Muslims sit near their destroyed homes after riots broke out in a village at Oakkan town, about 100 km north of Yangon, on...

  24. April 30, 2013

    Ford to open showroom in Myanmar

    Ford joined the growing stream of US companies investing in Myanmar by announcing plans to open a full-service showroom and...

  25. April 30, 2013

    Rioters target Muslims in central Myanmar

    YANGON - Rioters attacked a mosque and Muslim businesses in central Myanmar on Tuesday, police said, the nearest a series of...

  26. April 30, 2013

    Ford car in Myanmar

    A worker polishes a Ford car during an event by the US carmaker in Yangon. Ford announced plans on Tuesday to enter into...

  27. April 29, 2013

    Rohingya Muslim woman displaced by violence

    Hla Hla May, a Rohingya Muslim woman displaced by violence, holds her one-year-old daughter Roshan at a former rubber...

  28. April 29, 2013

    Myanmar urged to lift barriers for Rohingya

    The Myanmar government has been urged to lift barriers to citizenship for some of the country’s estimated 800,000 stateless...

  29. beyondbrics

    April 23, 2013

    New York headlines

    * Thai billionaire launches $6.6bn retail bid * ‘Too Swedish’ Volvo provides China test * China stocks drop as PMI...

  30. beyondbrics

    April 23, 2013

    London headlines

    * EU lifts Myanmar sanctions * Russia to dip into reserve fund * Brazil education groups in $2.5bn tie-up * Bumi shares...

  31. April 22, 2013

    Critics hit out at EU move on Myanmar

    EU foreign ministers on Monday lifted all but military-related sanctions against Myanmar from the end of the month, amid...

  32. beyondbrics

    April 22, 2013

    Apollo looks to Thailand for Asean access and production

    Apollo Tyres, the Indian tyre manufacturer which currently produces out of India, the Netherlands and South Africa, is now...

  33. beyondbrics

    April 22, 2013

    Further reading: battered Brazil

    Monday's picks from beyondbrics: Brazil's boom has peaked; how to respond to a 'three-speed world'; missing Kim Jong-il; the...

  34. April 21, 2013

    Myanmar reform receives mixed reviews

    Myanmar’s leaders will come under the spotlight this week with the EU expected to remove all but military-related sanctions,...

  35. April 21, 2013

    Does another Asian tiger lurk in Myanmar?

    Myanmar has embarked on one of the most significant political transitions taking place globally. Unlike the Arab spring,...

  36. beyondbrics

    April 20, 2013

    The weekender: April 20

    The week in emerging markets, with our most read stories, five things we have learned, and the week in a chart – this week,...

  37. April 19, 2013

    The lost world: Myanmar’s Mergui islands

    The 2,000-odd Moken people, or sea gypsies, live among the 800 islands of the Mergui archipelago off southern Myanmar. The...

  38. April 19, 2013

    EU set to lift most Myanmar sanctions

    The EU is set to lift its sanctions on Myanmar apart from an arms embargo next week, in a move that will encourage European...

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