Depth of Field
03.22.17
Refugees from Myanmar, Migrant Workers, and the Lantern Festival
from Yuanjin Photo
This month, we feature galleries published in February that showcase photographers’ interest in China’s borders and its medical woes, the lives of its minorities and their traditions and customs, and—in the case of Dustin Shum’s work—in a visual...
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11.28.16Animosity in a Burmese Hub Deepens as Chinese Get Richer
New York Times
Locals view Chinese as taking advantage of Mandalay’s location and resources. Chinese view locals as beneath them, slow at business and making money.
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11.13.15China and Myanmar Face New Relationship
New York Times
Ms. Aung San Suu Kyi’s party, the National League for Democracy, had won most of the 491 seats contested in the election, with results still trickling in.
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11.11.15Burma’s Election Leaves Former Patron China with Uncomfortable Questions
Washington Post
How might China’s Communist rulers get along with a Burmesse civilian government?
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03.17.15Why China Can’t Get too Angry at Burma for Dropping Bombs
Washington Post
Burma remains a large importer of Chinese weapons amd China needs the country's energy and raw materials.
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11.05.14Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi Set to Visit China next Month, Her Party Says
South China Morning Post
"We asked for some of her time … but she said she might be going to China and needed some free time in December," Han Thar Myint, of the National League for Democracy's Central Executive Committee, told the South China Morning Post.
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05.16.13Myanmar Emerges: The People Vs. The Power
Global Post
Under half a century of dictatorship, dissidents used the arts to express outrage that would otherwise bring them long prison sentences. Now, they're speaking out in solidarity with villagers whose anti-mine protests are captivating the nation...
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03.05.13Public Opinion Split On Live Airing Of Executions On T.V.
New York Times
Although the live program ended shortly before the men were executed by lethal injection, it became an instantly polarizing sensation.
Photo Gallery
11.19.12
China’s Footprint in Myanmar
President Barack Obama’s visit to Yangon (also known as Rangoon) today shines a spotlight on a story that has already captured the world’s attention: namely, the remarkable political transformation that has been underway over the past year in...
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08.21.12China State Media at Odds Over Myanmar Censorship Move
WSJ: China Real Time Report
News on Monday that Myanmar had decided to end press censorship has prompted different takes from Chinese media outlets, as well as doubts from the online community that China will its own tight restrictions anytime soon.
Reports
06.26.12
Isolated in Yunnan
Human Rights Watch
Since June 2011, an estimated 75,000 ethnic Kachin have hostilities between the Burmese army and the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) in northern Burma. Thousands of them have sought refuge in southwestern China’s Yunnan province, where the Chinese...