https://www.scmp.com/rss/323193/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com A year ago, people were dancing in the streets of Myanmar’s main city, Yangon. The votes from the November 8 election were being counted, and it was clear the National League for Democracy (NLD) was going to score a landslide victory. Times had changed since 1990, when the NLD also won by a landslide but the result was ignored by the ruling military. This time, foreign election observers were present and the country was reaching out to the outside – especially Western – world for recognition,... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/2045262/one-year-myanmar-suu-kyis-halo-slipping?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/2045262/one-year-myanmar-suu-kyis-halo-slipping?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 12 Nov 2016 04:00:16 +0000 With the presidential election in the United States getting nearer, there is one country where the outcome could have far-reaching consequences: Myanmar. Donald Trump has not said anything noteworthy about Southeast Asia, but Hillary Clinton, who is leading in the polls, is a close friend of Myanmar’s State Counsellor and de facto head of government, Aung San Suu Kyi. There is not doubt that Clinton would feel more comfortable dealing with her than the generals who now rule America’s traditional... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/geopolitics/article/2039077/what-myanmar-stands-gain-and-thailand-lose-president-clinton?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/geopolitics/article/2039077/what-myanmar-stands-gain-and-thailand-lose-president-clinton?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 23 Oct 2016 10:02:58 +0000 The success of Aung San Suu Kyi’s latest trip to Washington may mark a new chapter in Myanmar’s relations with the United States but the ongoing civil war in the country gives China control over crucial levers of pressure on its neighbour that the distant superpower can hardly match. The warm welcome democracy icon Suu Kyi received in Washington reflects the US administration’s perception of Myanmar as one of its most significant foreign policy successes. US considers further easing or lifting... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/article/2020076/why-us-no-match-chinas-carrot-and-stick-myanmar?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/article/2020076/why-us-no-match-chinas-carrot-and-stick-myanmar?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 17 Sep 2016 02:01:30 +0000 While diplomats from the West, Japan and India paid regular visits to Aung San Suu Kyi’s compound in Yangon during the August-September 1988 uprising for democracy, their Chinese counterparts stayed away. But one day, a car from the Chinese embassy came, and an official handed over a box full of books about Tibetan Buddhism – “to Doctor Aris”, her British husband and a renowned Tibetologist. It was a subtle way of telling her and her supporters that China was not an enemy. Long before he died in... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/2006156/why-its-suu-kyis-turn-mend-fences-china?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/2006156/why-its-suu-kyis-turn-mend-fences-china?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 19 Aug 2016 11:30:00 +0000