We'll never know the truth. The rumor is the person in charge is selling their greatest natural resource (timber) to the Chinese to fund it all. I still remember smelling the smoke all the way in Manila when the govt did a slash and burn back in the 90s. The way these things works is universal: each side have their poorest supporters flown or bused in to protest. They'll be given a financial token equivalent to a days wages. Some are killed (44 last night.) Get international news coverage and poof! You get sympathy. The fact Myanmar has their internet off can be a good sign or a bad sign. But the rest of the world will never know the truth.
We'll never know the truth. The rumor is the person in charge is selling their greatest natural resource (timber) to the Chinese to fund it all. I still remember smelling the smoke all the way in Manila when the govt did a slash and burn back in the 90s. The way these things works is universal: each side have their poorest supporters flown or bused in to protest. They'll be given a financial token equivalent to a days wages. Some are killed (44 last night.) Get international news coverage and poof! You get sympathy. The fact Myanmar has their internet off can be a good sign or a bad sign. But the rest of the world will never know the truth.