Myanmar
Monday, July 27, 2015
They Call It Myanmar: Lifting The Curtain
Yesterday I rent a video from San Jose Library called: "They Call It Myanmar - Lifting The Curtain". It reminds me many scenes of Myanmar. The pictures of Villages and the powers of Cyclone Nargis kept brought me back a memory of peaceful peoples and their sufferings and endurance.
This film published on 2012. A hoping reform just started. I pray for a better future for the people who loves Myanmar as their Mother Land. I share this film with you, because it touched me deeply in my heart, I couldn't resist my urges to share with my friends in this Love4Burma blog. Even though you may not have a chance to step in the land of Myanmar, but you can experience it in the movie and pray for them.
Saturday, February 14, 2015
Myanmar: 47 soldiers dead in clashes with Kokang
NHK World News
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/news/20150213_32.html
Feb. 13, 2015 - Updated 02:59 UTC-8
Myanmar's state-run newspaper says 47 government soldiers have died over the past 4 days in fighting with ethnic militants.
The Global New Light of Myanmar said on Friday clashes between government troops and Kokang rebels have flared up this week in the Shan state in the east. It borders China.
Myanmar's military carried out airstrikes. They apparently inflicted heavy casualties on the minority group.
Thousands of residents have reportedly taken refuge in China's Yunnan Province.
Civil war in Myanmar between the military and minority groups has been ongoing for more than five decades. But they recently made some progress in peace talks.
The biggest point in the talks is the introduction of a federal system. It would give minority groups strong autonomy as the nation moves toward democracy.
The government appears to desire peace. But sporadic fighting continues with the Kachin ethnic group in the north, as well as the Kokang group.
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/news/20150213_32.html
Feb. 13, 2015 - Updated 02:59 UTC-8
Myanmar's state-run newspaper says 47 government soldiers have died over the past 4 days in fighting with ethnic militants.
The Global New Light of Myanmar said on Friday clashes between government troops and Kokang rebels have flared up this week in the Shan state in the east. It borders China.
Myanmar's military carried out airstrikes. They apparently inflicted heavy casualties on the minority group.
Thousands of residents have reportedly taken refuge in China's Yunnan Province.
Civil war in Myanmar between the military and minority groups has been ongoing for more than five decades. But they recently made some progress in peace talks.
The biggest point in the talks is the introduction of a federal system. It would give minority groups strong autonomy as the nation moves toward democracy.
The government appears to desire peace. But sporadic fighting continues with the Kachin ethnic group in the north, as well as the Kokang group.
Friday, October 31, 2014
Myanmar Leaders Hold Landmark Meeting, but no Breakthrough (VOA)
Myanmar Leaders Hold Landmark Meeting, but no Breakthroughs
http://www.voanews.com/content/obama-calls-for-inclusive-and-credible-elections-in-myanmar/2502974.html
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| Myanmar President Thein Sein, left, shakes hands with Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi as they meet at Myanmar Presidential Palace in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, Oct 31, 2014. |
Tuesday, August 12, 2014
2014 BCCC Fun Fair
Burmese Christian Community Church of Silicon Valley
Fund raising Fun Fair.
Please invite all of your family and friends to our annual fund raising from
1:00 PM - 6:00 PM.
August 23, 2014, Saturday -
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| August 23, 2014, Saturday |
Thursday, December 26, 2013
Wednesday, December 25, 2013
Go Tell It on the Mountain (0)
Go Tell It on the Mountain
-- A Prayer Guide For the Palaung Peoples of Myanmar, China, and Thailand
-- A Prayer Guide For the Palaung Peoples of Myanmar, China, and Thailand
By
PRAY. GIVE. GO.
Wednesday, July 31, 2013
China opens pipeline to bring gas from Myanmar
China opens pipeline to bring gas from Myanmar
LOUISE WATT July 29, 2013
BEIJING (AP) — China has switched on a pipeline bringing natural gas from Myanmar, a state company said Monday, in a project that has raised concerns in Myanmar's nascent civil society about whether its giant neighbor's resource grabs will benefit local people.
The 793-kilometer (493-mile) pipeline connects the Bay of Bengal with southwest China's Yunnan province and is expected to transfer 12 billion cubic meters of natural gas to China annually, according to a news release on the website of China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC). A parallel 771-kilometer (479-mile) pipeline that will carry Middle East oil — shipped via the Indian Ocean — is still under construction.
China's investments, largely in energy and mining, have generated controversy in Myanmar because they have done little to relieve that country's chronic power shortages. In response, the Myanmar government abruptly suspended construction in 2011 of the China-backed Myitsone dam, which would displace thousands and flood the spiritual heartland of Myanmar's Kachin ethnic minority.
While the pipelines are expected to provide only a small proportion of China's oil and gas consumption, they are strategically important to Beijing. The gas pipeline that began operating Sunday offers a nearby source of gas, and the oil pipeline would eliminate the need for tankers from the Middle East to pass through the crowded Malacca Strait between Malaysia and Indonesia.
The two joint ventures are between state-owned China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) and Myanmar's national petroleum company Myanmar Oil and Gas Enterprise. Four other companies from India and South Korea also have stakes in the project, according to CNPC.
For years, China was the closest ally of Myanmar's military regime, which was shunned by the West because of its poor human rights record and failure to hand power to an elected government. Since 2011, when an elected, though still military-backed, government took office, Myanmar has undergone political and economic reforms and has courted investment from the West.
The reforms have brought heightened activity from nongovernment and civil society groups in Myanmar, said Tony Nash, Singapore-based managing director of economics and risk consulting for IHS, an independent economic consultant. This, together with growing competition from Western companies in Myanmar, will push Chinese companies to be more transparent about how their investments will affect the local population, he said.
In April, hundreds of people protested in western Rakhine state against the pipeline, saying they had to give up their land for too little compensation and that salaries offered for local pipeline workers were too low.
"Some of the responses to that protest back in April were really specific to looking at community needs and responding with corporate social responsibility at the local level," said Nash. Chinese companies are increasingly "saying 'we hear you and we want to make a commitment for corporate social responsibility,' you are seeing Chinese companies becoming a bit more savvy in that respect," he said.
Wong Aung, who heads the Shwe Gas Movement, which campaigns against the pipelines on human rights and environmental grounds, said the government and companies have not clarified how the project's benefits would be shared.
"The contracts made by the previous government need to be reviewed to see whether they guarantee the national interest and rights of every citizen and whether they meet international standards or not," he said.
Even on the Chinese side of the border, opposition to the pipeline has been strong. In May, more than 2,000 people worried about air and water pollution protested in Kunming in Yunnan against a planned petroleum refinery connected to the project.
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Associated Press writer Yadana Htun in Yangon, Myanmar, contributed to this report.
LOUISE WATT July 29, 2013
BEIJING (AP) — China has switched on a pipeline bringing natural gas from Myanmar, a state company said Monday, in a project that has raised concerns in Myanmar's nascent civil society about whether its giant neighbor's resource grabs will benefit local people.
The 793-kilometer (493-mile) pipeline connects the Bay of Bengal with southwest China's Yunnan province and is expected to transfer 12 billion cubic meters of natural gas to China annually, according to a news release on the website of China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC). A parallel 771-kilometer (479-mile) pipeline that will carry Middle East oil — shipped via the Indian Ocean — is still under construction.
China's investments, largely in energy and mining, have generated controversy in Myanmar because they have done little to relieve that country's chronic power shortages. In response, the Myanmar government abruptly suspended construction in 2011 of the China-backed Myitsone dam, which would displace thousands and flood the spiritual heartland of Myanmar's Kachin ethnic minority.
While the pipelines are expected to provide only a small proportion of China's oil and gas consumption, they are strategically important to Beijing. The gas pipeline that began operating Sunday offers a nearby source of gas, and the oil pipeline would eliminate the need for tankers from the Middle East to pass through the crowded Malacca Strait between Malaysia and Indonesia.
The two joint ventures are between state-owned China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) and Myanmar's national petroleum company Myanmar Oil and Gas Enterprise. Four other companies from India and South Korea also have stakes in the project, according to CNPC.
For years, China was the closest ally of Myanmar's military regime, which was shunned by the West because of its poor human rights record and failure to hand power to an elected government. Since 2011, when an elected, though still military-backed, government took office, Myanmar has undergone political and economic reforms and has courted investment from the West.
The reforms have brought heightened activity from nongovernment and civil society groups in Myanmar, said Tony Nash, Singapore-based managing director of economics and risk consulting for IHS, an independent economic consultant. This, together with growing competition from Western companies in Myanmar, will push Chinese companies to be more transparent about how their investments will affect the local population, he said.
In April, hundreds of people protested in western Rakhine state against the pipeline, saying they had to give up their land for too little compensation and that salaries offered for local pipeline workers were too low.
"Some of the responses to that protest back in April were really specific to looking at community needs and responding with corporate social responsibility at the local level," said Nash. Chinese companies are increasingly "saying 'we hear you and we want to make a commitment for corporate social responsibility,' you are seeing Chinese companies becoming a bit more savvy in that respect," he said.
Wong Aung, who heads the Shwe Gas Movement, which campaigns against the pipelines on human rights and environmental grounds, said the government and companies have not clarified how the project's benefits would be shared.
"The contracts made by the previous government need to be reviewed to see whether they guarantee the national interest and rights of every citizen and whether they meet international standards or not," he said.
Even on the Chinese side of the border, opposition to the pipeline has been strong. In May, more than 2,000 people worried about air and water pollution protested in Kunming in Yunnan against a planned petroleum refinery connected to the project.
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Associated Press writer Yadana Htun in Yangon, Myanmar, contributed to this report.
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