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December 29, 2008

Burma Gas for China

Offshore natural gas fields being developed by a group of international companies led by Daewoo and including India's Oil and Natural Gas Corp., will be delivered to Yunnan Province of China via a new pipeline. The pipeline will traverse much of Burma or Myanmar and allow the country access to the gas along the way.

Labels: asian energy security grid, energy security, india, myanmar

# posted by Sinomania! : 12/29/2008 10:30:00 AM 0 Comments

September 25, 2007

100,000 Pro-Democracy Protesters?

Although most of the photos from the ground in Yangon, Myanmar (Burma), appear to come from the the same source and show a crowd of monks numbering perhaps in the thousands, the tagline "100,000 Pro-Democracy Protesters" has taken root in the Anglo-American press. Combined with a speech from President Bush condemning the ruling "junta" of the country, the stage appears set for a showdown. But do we really have any idea what is going on there apart from the black and white creations of America's premiere (and oh so trustworthy) newspapers?

Labels: black, burma, human rights, monks, myanmar, protests, psyop

# posted by Sinomania! : 9/25/2007 11:29:00 AM 0 Comments

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Name: Sinomania!

Location: San Diego, California, United States

Ben Calmes writes, produces, and hosts a weekly broadcast on China, Chinese stock markets, and business matters, at the sinomania.com website. He has traveled alone extensively throughout eleven provinces, municipalities, and special administrative regions in China. His views on China have been sought by Moody's Investors Service, the World Economic Forum, the New York Times, Xinhua Finance, and the Council on Foreign Relations. Ben worked in the White House in the administration of President George H.W. Bush and as a consultant to the Clinton/Gore Transition Team. He has held responsible positions at government sponsored enterprises at the federal, state, and city level as well as the US Department of the Treasury and private enterprises. Ben has a B.A. from the University of Virginia and a M.A. from USC.