Myanmar's resistance faces reenergized regime
by editors@theworld.org (Patrick Winn) from The World: Latest Stories on (#747PZ)
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.