The Burmese Fairy Tale

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(The writer is a pro-democracy activist and former political prisoner. She lives in Rangoon.) "Like many Burmese, l am tired of living in a fairy tale. For years, outsiders portrayed the troubles of my country as a morality play: good against evil, with no shade of gray in between-a simplistic picture, but one the world believes. The response of the West has been equally simplistic: It wages a moral crusade against evil, using such "magic wands" as sanctions and boycotts..."

Creator/author: 

Ma Thanegi

Source/publisher: 

Far Eastern Economic Review (5th Column)

Date of Publication: 

1998-02-19

Date of entry: 

2003-06-03

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English

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