Article 747PZ Myanmar's resistance faces reenergized regime

Myanmar's resistance faces reenergized regime

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editors@theworld.org (Patrick Winn)
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Not long ago, many predicted Myanmar's imminent collapse. But the country's regime isn't going anywhere soon. Next week, a new parliament under military control convenes. Almost no countries, except for China and Russia, have said they'll recognize it - this government is the fruit of a rigged election - but it does offer the regime a sense of staying power. Moving forward, Myanmar's army generals will keep pulling the strings, but from behind the curtain, offering the new government a very thin veneer of civilian rule. Reporter Patrick Winn has our story.

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